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AND ARE WE READY TO GO RESA? OKAY.AND ARE WE GOING TO SHOW A PRESENTATION OR JUST THE
[CALL TO ORDER - January 12, 2021 at 3:00pm]
WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER THE, THIS IS JENNIFER WALKER AND I'M CHAIRING THE MEETING TODAY.CHARLENE IS OUT WITH CHILDCARE.
WE DON'T THIS IN TODAY SO WE CAN FORWARD THE MINUTES.
DO Y'ALL HEAR AN ECHO WHEN I TALK? OKAY.
WELL, IF THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF AN ECHO, LET'S JUST ALL MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NEEDED WHEN OTHER FOLKS ARE SPEAKING,
[1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
BUT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES.HAS EVERYONE HAD A, EVERYONE GOT THE PACKET LAST FRIDAY? I PRESUME.
AND, UH, PEOPLE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES.
I DON'T THINK I CAN ASK THE QUESTION.
SOMEBODY NEEDS TO ACTUALLY MAKE THEM UPSET.
YOU SAID YOU MADE THE MOTION THAT I SAID THAT WAS THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
SO ANYTHING ELSE TO MAKE THE MOTION? BECAUSE AS THE CHAIR, I DON'T MAKE I, THAT IS WHAT I THINK THE RULES ARE, BUT I'M NOT AN A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE.
WE'RE SEEING THE SAME THING, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
YOU'RE CUTTING OUT A LITTLE BIT TOO.
UM, AND DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? ALL RIGHT.
ALL IN FAVOR, WHICH IS KIND OF HARD TO DO ON ANYBODY OPPOSED.
AND IS ANYBODY NEED TO STAY IN WE'RE FOCUSED ON MEETINGS, SO THEY NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM THIS.
SO I'LL CALL THE MEETING TO APPROVE.
UM, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY ON MY END, EVERYTHING IS REAL JERKY AND KIND OF WEIRD.
SO IF THAT'S WHY I LOOK SUPER CONFUSED, IT'S LIKE GOING IN AND OUT AND DOING WEIRD STUFF.
[2.a. Water Forward Implementation Progress Update: Supply Update and Water Forward FY20 Annual Report]
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO, WITH PRESENTATIONS AND REPORTS THAT YOU ALL HAVE 70 PAGE PACKET WITH ALL THESE PRESENTATIONS IN IT.UM, AT, UH, UM, THINK MERISSA, WE'RE PROBABLY SHARED THE SLIDES AND WE'LL GET GOING WITH THE FIRST ONE, WHICH IS A WATERFORD IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS UPDATE.
THANK YOU TODAY, ALCHEMY PROVIDING A SUPPLY UPDATE AND PRESENTING INFORMATION FROM THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 ANNUAL REPORT, THE SLIDES ARE IN YOUR PACKET AND THE REPORT IS ALSO IN YOUR PACKET JUST AFTER THE SLIDES.
NEXT SLIDE FOR CURRENT WATER SUPPLIES, COMBINED STORAGE AND LAKES BE CANADA.
AND THEN TRAVIS, UH, DECREASED APPROXIMATELY 32,000 ACRE FEET FROM NOVEMBER 1ST TO JANUARY 1ST AND LAKE TRAVIS AND BEGAN AND ARE CURRENTLY AT 75% FULL AT 1.5 MILLION ACRE FEET.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE, NEXT SLIDE, MONTHLY INFLOWS, THE 2020 TOTAL INFLOW IS 352,267 ACRE FEET THAT RANKS AS THE SIXTH LOWEST ANNUAL INFLOW A YEAR IN OUR 79 YEARS.
UM, 2020 WAS A VERY DRY WARM YEAR ACROSS TEXAS RANGER, BOB ROSE OF THE LCRA.
IT RANKED AS THE THIRD WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD AT CAMP MAYBERRY.
UM, SO Y'ALL PROBABLY REMEMBER IN DECEMBER, UH, AND THAT HELPED TO BRING CAMP MAYBERRY'S TOTAL RAINFALL AT ABOUT 35 INCHES JUST ABOUT NORMAL.
UM, THANKS SLIDE THAT SAID JUST TO REITERATE VERY LOW INFLOW YEAR, UM, THIS SLIDE PRESENTS
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LCRA LAKE LEVELS FORECAST.UM, YOU CAN SEE THE, UM, POSSIBLE FORECAST OUT TO THE RIGHT, UH, PART OF THE SLIDE AND, UH, THE POSSIBLE IMPLEMENTATION OF CITY OF BOSTON, UH, DROUGHT RESTRICTIONS AT THE VARIOUS LAKE LEVELS THAT ARE ONE OF THE TRIGGERS THAT WOULD TRIGGER OUR DROUGHT RESTRICTIONS.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER INFLOWS AND COMBINED STORAGE AS OF DECEMBER 10TH, 2020 NOAA'S CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER STATED THAT LONDON IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, UM, DO THE WINTER AND 95% CHANCE THROUGH JANUARY AND MARCH WITH A POTENTIAL TRANSITION TO, UM, WEAKEN THAT, UH, PATTERN DURING THE SPRING OF 2021.
SO ABOUT A 50% CHANCE OF NEUTRAL DURING APRIL THROUGH JUNE, UH, LOOKING AT L SERIES FORECAST TO YOUR MEDIAN CONDITIONS COULD SEE US ENTERING THE CITY OF AUSTIN STAGE ONE DROUGHT RESTRICTIONS BY LATE SPRING OR SUMMER, WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT CONDITIONS OUTSIDE OR WATERFORD FY 2020 ANNUAL REPORT DOCUMENTS.
AUSTIN WATER'S PROGRESS MADE DURING FISCAL YEAR 2019 THROUGH 2020, UH, THAT'S UH, OCTOBER 1ST OF 2019 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, FIRST OF 2020, UH, DOCUMENTS ARE PROGRESS TO IMPLEMENT THE WATERFORD PLANT.
AND WE EXPERIENCED CHALLENGES OF COURSE, AS DID EVERYONE POSED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC LITTLE TYPO THERE, BUT STEPH STILL MADE CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS ON YOUR TERM WATERBOARD STRATEGIES.
UM, JUST AS A NOTE, MANY OF THE, UM, MUCH OF THE DATA IN THE DOCUMENT WAS ABLE TO BE REPORTED ON A FISCAL YEAR BASIS.
HOWEVER, SOMETIMES, UH, SOME ITEMS ARE ONLY TRACKED BY THE UTILITY IN CALENDAR YEAR.
SO, UH, WE MADE A NOTE WHERE WE WERE REPORTING CALENDAR YEAR DATA WALK SIDE THIS YEAR, AUSTIN WATER RECEIVED RECOGNITION AS A 2020 UTILITY OF THE FUTURE TODAY, UH, FOR ITS COMMITMENT TO EFFECTIVE UTILITY MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES, AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS DURING DEVELOPMENT AND ADOPTION OF THE WATERFORD INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES PLAN.
WE WERE REALLY PROUD OF, UM, THAT RECOGNITION.
UM, AND WE HOPE TO CONTINUE ALL OF THE GREAT EFFORTS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO US RECEIVING THAT RECORD.
SOME OF OUR KEY ACTIVITIES INCLUDED PROTECTING OUR CORE COLORADO RIVER SUPPLIES.
AND DURING THIS PAST YEAR, AUSTIN WATER STAFF CONTINUED TO WORK WITH OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS TO PROTECT THOSE SUPPLIES.
OF COURSE, WE'RE CONTINUING TO TRACK CONDITIONS WITHIN THE BASIN, UM, PREPARING, UH, FOR POSSIBLE DROUGHT RESTRICTIONS IN THE FUTURE.
UM, BUT IN ADDITION, CONSIDERABLE EFFORT DURING THIS YEAR WENT INTO PARTICIPATING IN THE LOWER COLORADO REGIONAL WATER PLANNING GROUPS PROCESS TO DEVELOP THE REGION K WATER, UM, LAND.
YOU CAN SEE THERESA ON THE SCREEN RIGHT THERE CONTRIBUTING, UM, HER SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE TO THAT EFFORT, AS WELL AS OTHERS WHO ARE, UM, PARTICIPATING IN THIS MEETING TODAY, JENNIFER AND OTHERS.
UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE PLAN WAS SUBMITTED TO THE TEXT FLUTTER DEVELOPMENT BOARD IN OCTOBER OF 2020, UM, AND, UH, FOR APPROVAL, WE ALSO CONSIDER AUSTIN'S PARTICIPATION IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN LCRA WATER PARTNERSHIP AS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR EFFORTS TO CONTINUE PROTECTING OUR SUPPLIES.
UM, AND, UH, AS WELL AS OUR EFFORTS IN THE IMAGINE AUSTIN SUSTAINABLY MANAGE OUR WATER RESOURCES OR, UH, ACRONYMS MORE PRIORITY PROGRAM WHERE AUSTIN WATER, UM, MEETS REGULARLY WITH WATERSHED PROTECTION AND OTHER, UM, CITY STAFF, UH, TO DISCUSS AND COORDINATE, UM, AND VARIOUS, UH, WATER RELATED ISSUES.
NEXT SLIDE, THEY, UM, CITY COUNCIL ACTUALLY APPROVED CONTRACTS IN, UM, SPRING OF 2020 FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT, WHICH OUR STAFF, UH, HAS NAMED MY ATX WATER OVER THE FIVE YEARS.
THAT PROJECT WILL REPLACE MORE THAN 230,000 ANALOG WATER METERS WITH ELECTRONICALLY RED WATER METERS CONNECTED TO ANY WIRELESS NETWORK.
UM, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING THE SYSTEMS TESTING PILOT THAT INCLUDES NEARLY 5,000 WATER METERS, UM, CHOSEN TO TEST SYSTEM CAPABILITIES AND TACKLE CHALLENGES ACROSS VARIOUS TERRAIN AND AGING INFRASTRUCTURE.
I'M LOOKING AT VARIOUS NUMBERS OF, UH, VARIOUS TYPES OF DWELLINGS AND METER SIZES.
AND THIS PILOT WILL HELP US TO ENSURE THAT THE ULTIMATE ROLLOUT OF THAT PROJECT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, UM, IS DONE SUCCESSFULLY.
AND WE'VE ALSO, UM, BEING, UH, INVITING CUSTOMERS WHO WERE PREVIOUSLY USING DROP COUNTER TO JOIN, UH, THE TESTING OF THE, MY HEX WATER CUSTOMER PORTAL TO GIVE FEEDBACK DURING THE PILOT PHASE.
AND AS Y'ALL REMEMBER, THE, UM, UH, CUSTOMER PORTAL AND IDENTIFICATION OF CUSTOMER LEAKS WAS A MAJOR PART OF THE WATERFALL IN, UH, IN OUR IDENTIFICATION OF SAVINGS FROM, UM, UH, AMI MERISSA.
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YES, LET'S STOP YOU THERE FOR A SECOND.UM, YOU SAID THAT THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED THIS PAST SPRING IN 2020.
AND THE 5,000 METERS FOR THE PILOT WILL THAT, WHAT'S THE TIMEFRAME FOR THAT? THAT'S A PILOT THAT'S CURRENTLY HAPPENING.
SO IN THE MAP, ON THE SLIDE THERE, THOSE ARE THE LEADERS IN LONG CANYON, AS WELL AS IN, WE WERE THERE IN THE GREEN AREAS AND IT'LL TAKE FIVE YEARS FOR THE WHOLE PROJECT ROLL OUT ACROSS THE CITY.
AND THEN THE METERS ARE NOT THE THING THAT'S GOING TO SAVE WATER OR PROLONG OUR WATER SUPPLY.
AND THE TECHNOLOGY THAT GOES WITH THEM, LIKE THE MAYA TAKES WATER.
AND THE OTHER WAYS THAT WE USE THIS TOOL IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY THE LEAKS INCREASE PEOPLE'S WATER LITERACY, HAVE THEM USE LESS THINGS LIKE THAT, JUST TO BE CLEAR.
AND I BELIEVE THIS WAS FUNDED, UM, THROUGH A SWIFT LOAN, WHICH IS FORESHADOWING TO LATER, JUST TO SET BILL UP FOR ONE OF HIS FAVORITE FUNDING PROGRAMS THAT SAVES THE CITY MONEY.
UNLESS ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, WE WERE, WE JUST WENT THROUGH A BUNCH OF STUFF, PRETTY SWIFTLY, BUT I'M JUST TAKING A PAUSE HERE.
ONE OFFER JUST ONE QUICK CLARIFICATION ON INSTALLING THE NEW METERS IS GOING TO IMPROVE OUR METER ACCURACY ACROSS THE SYSTEM.
ABSOLUTELY IMPROVEMENT OF METER ACCURACY.
WE EXPECT, SEE, UH, A RESPONSE, UH, A CORRESPONDING RESPONSE TO THAT SAYING, OH, WAIT, I'M NO LONGER GETTING X AMOUNT OF MY WATER FOR FREE.
MAYBE I WILL START USING IT A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, WISELY AND TO EXPECT TO SEE, UH, A SLIGHT REDUCTION IN OVERALL DEMAND DUE TO INCREASED ACCURACY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THAT UP BECAUSE THAT IS ANOTHER BENEFIT AND PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL WILL BE RECEIVING.
A LOT OF PHONE CALLS ABOUT AN AUSTIN WATER.
KEVIN, I DIDN'T ACTUALLY FOLLOW THAT.
YOU EXPLAIN IT A LITTLE BIT MORE, CERTAINLY BY THE WAY, INTRODUCE MYSELF.
I'M ON OUR AMI OPERATIONS TEAM.
I'M ALSO THE WATERLOO PROGRAM MANAGER, UH, WITH WATER.
UH, WE ARE INSTALLING WHAT ARE METERS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE GROUND FOR A RANGE OF PERIODS.
SOME ARE MORE ACCURATE THAN OTHERS STAY IN THE GROUND.
AS THEY GET MORE WATER THROUGH THEM.
METERS TEND TO COME A LITTLE LESS ACCURATE.
UH, WHEN THESE METERS GET REPLACED, THEY, UH, THEY GO FROM SOME PERCENT ACCURATE TO ALMOST A HUNDRED PERCENT ACCURATE.
THAT DIFFERENCE WILL LOOK LIKE, OH, WOW, I'M SUDDENLY USING MORE WATER.
UH, UM, SOME PEOPLE WILL SEE THEIR BILLS INCREASE A LITTLE BIT WITH THAT SMALL AMOUNT.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE PEOPLE RESPOND TO THAT SLIGHT INCREASED BY REDUCING THEIR WATER USAGE A LITTLE BIT.
PAUSE FOR JUST A SECOND TO MOVE A COUPLE OF, UM, FOLKS OVER TO THE PANEL.
AND I ALSO JUST WANTED TO, UM, I KNOW WE KIND OF, I HAD TROUBLE GETTING IN, BUT, UM, HELLO AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE AND THANKS TO ALL OF THE, UH, CITY OF AUSTIN FOLKS FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT MAKE TIME TO JOIN US AS WELL AS THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS.
UM, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE AND PARTICIPATING ON THIS EACH TIME WITH US.
UM, JUST AS AN ADDITIONAL UPDATE, WE HAVE, UM, UH, TEMPER PROGRAMS THAT WERE, UM, EXISTING CONSERVATION PROGRAMS THAT WERE UPDATED DURING THIS PAST YEAR.
UM, MARK JORDAN PROVIDED THIS GREAT, UM, INFORMATION, UH, TO SAY THAT THERE WERE ADDITIONAL, UM, UH, WATER EFFICIENCY STANDARDS FOR DRIFT ELIMINATORS AND COOLING TOWERS, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES RELATED TO COOLING TOWER REGISTRATION.
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UM, AS PART OF OUR EFFORT TO IMPLEMENT NEW CII ORDINANCES.AND WE ALSO, UM, MADE SOME UPDATES TO OUR WATER CONSERVATION INCENTIVE PROGRAMS, ADDING NEW MEASURES TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL IRRIGATION SYSTEM EFFICIENCY AND THE LANDSCAPE TRANSFORMATION REBATES, UM, STREAMLINING THE REBATE APPLICATION REVIEW AND APPROVAL PRACTICES, AND SEVERAL OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN.
NEXT SLIDE, SORRY TO ROLL THROUGH FAIRLY EXPEDITIOUSLY.
OUR AGENDA IS A DECEPTIVELY COMPLEX, AN ALTERNATIVE WATER AND CONSERVATION ORDINANCES.
UM, ON DECEMBER 10TH, 2020, THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL APPROVED AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING CITY CODE CHAPTER 15 DASH 13, OR RELATED TO THE TREATMENT MONITORING AND REPORTING REGULATIONS FOR ONSITE WATER REUSE SYSTEMS. UM, AS YOU ALL ARE WELL AWARE, THIS TASK FORCE RECOMMENDED THOSE, UM, CODE CHANGES FOR APPROVAL.
THESE REGULATIONS PROVIDE CLEAR AND CONSISTENT DESIGN AND PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS FOR ONSITE WATER REUSE SYSTEMS, WHICH SHOULD RESULT IN A STREAMLINED, PERMITTING AND APPROVAL OF THESE PROJECTS.
UM, THE REGULATIONS WILL BE ADMINISTERED BY A NEWLY FORMED WORK GROUP WITHIN AUSTIN WATERS, UTILITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIVISION, WHICH HAS BEEN RELOCATED TO THE CITY'S NEW PERMITTING AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER BUILDING.
THE NEW SUPERVISOR FOR THAT WORK GROUP WILL BE CATHERINE
UM, ROBERT'S DEFINING AND PRACHI PATELLAR.
ALSO WITHIN THAT GROUP, YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT ONE AND SHE, UM, WE, YES MA'AM.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE PLEASE? PHASE TWO, WHICH IS TARGETED TO TICK EFFECT 2023 TO 2024.
THIS IS THE ITEMS THAT WE KIND OF, WE REFERRED TO AS THE, THE FEW ITEMS THAT ARE IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT WE ACTUALLY EXPECTED TO BE ADOPTED ALMOST A YEAR AGO.
UM, AND THERE NEEDS TO BE ACTION FOR THIS TO ACTUALLY TAKE EFFECT AT 2023 TO 2024.
AND THERE WILL BE A, UM, PILOT OR VOLUNTARY PHASE BEFORE THAT STARTS.
I JUST, I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND JUST SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED THIS, THAT PHASE TWO GOES WITH PHASE ONE.
IT, WE NEED PHASE TWO FOR WATER, FOR PLAN, AND IT HAS NOT BEEN ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL YET, BUT HOPEFULLY WILL BE SOON.
AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE THERE'S NOT SUPPORT FOR IT.
JUST IT'S THOSE OTHER THINGS HAPPENING, CORRECT.
UM, JUST TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, IT SAID TO US, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A REBATE FOR ALTERNATIVE WATER USING COMMERCIAL FACILITIES, WHICH PAYS UP TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AND WE HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED A PILOT GRANT PROGRAM, UM, THAT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL GRANT MONEY FOR PROJECTS WE'RE USING, UM, GREATER THAN A $1 MILLION 1 MILLION GALLONS PER YEAR OF WATER.
THOSE PROJECTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR $250,000 PROJECTS WE'RE USING GREATER THAN 3 MILLION GALLONS PER YEAR OF WATER ARE ELIGIBLE FOR $500,000.
ONE OF OUR GOALS WITH THIS IS TO COLLECT COST DATA FROM THESE PROJECTS TO HELP INFORM THE FUTURE ONSITE WATER REUSE MANDATE, UM, THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE REVISION REQUIREMENTS FOR TARGETED FOR 2023, 2024.
THIS, UH, THESE PICTURES SHOW OUR DEMONSTRATION PROJECT OR THE NEW PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER.
THAT INCLUDES A FIT FOR PURPOSE RAINWATER AND AIR CONDITIONING, CONDENSATE REUSE SYSTEM THAT SUPPLEMENTS THE BUILDINGS CLOSED WITH BLACKWATER RECYCLING SYSTEM.
THEY ARE VERY APTLY NAMED OSCAR AND CLARA OSCAR, MEANING THE ONSITE COLLECTION AND REUSE AND CLARA MEANING CLOSED LOOP, ADVANCED RECLAIMED ASSEMBLY.
IT'S LIKE ALL KATHERINE RIGHT THERE IS VERY CLEVER.
UM, BUT WE'VE GOT, UM, ESTIMATES THAT, UH, THIS PROJECT WILL SAVE THE CITY OF AUSTIN, ALMOST ONE AND A HALF MILLION GALLONS OF DRINKING WATER ANNUALLY, REDUCING THE SITE'S POTABLE WATER USE BY 75%, UH, CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING.
AND THE PILOT PROJECT WAS COMPLETED IN SUMMER OF 2020.
HOWEVER, DUE TO THE ONGOING COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THE REUSE SYSTEMS HAVE NOT BEEN PUT INTO SERVICE, MEANING THAT FOLKS ARE NOT REALLY IN THE BUILDING TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW THESE SYSTEMS TO DO ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO BE PUT INTO SERVICE.
UM, ONE OF THE, UH, THIS PROJECT IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE FIRST OF ITS KIND AND TEXAS IT'LL PROVIDE US ADDITIONAL AND PERFORMANCE DATA TO AGAIN, INFORM FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, AS WELL AS, UM, I HAVE SERVED AS AN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO ENCOURAGE EFFORTS TO CAPTURE AND REUSE ONSITE WATER SOURCES.
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GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR DEVELOPERS WHO WILL BE ENGAGING WITH THE CITY IN THE FUTURE TO GO TO OUR PERMITTING AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER AND ACTUALLY SEE ONE OF THESE SYSTEMS IN ACTION.UM, DURING THE LAST YEAR AUSTIN WATER OSCAR WAS ALL THERESA.
LET ME, LET ME GO BACK AND ATTRIBUTE THAT CORRECTLY.
THERESA CAME UP WITH THE NAME OSCAR, SO WE'LL JUST MAKE SURE THAT TERESA GETS THAT CREDIT.
UM, DURING THE LAST YEAR, AUSTIN WATER STAFF UNDERTAKE A SIGNIFICANT EFFORT TO DEVELOP A PRE-DEVELOPMENT WATER BENCHMARKING CALCULATOR THAT COULD BE USED TO ESTIMATE A NEW DEVELOPMENTS WATER USE, AND THE CALCULATOR USES SITE PLAN INFORMATION TO POTENTIAL INDOOR AND OUTDOOR WATER USE AND OUTLINES POTABLE, AND NON-POTABLE WATER NEEDS FOR A PROJECT.
THE CALCULATOR ALSO ESTIMATES POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF WATER THAT COULD BE CAPTURED BY THE WATER STORM, WATER, RED WATER BLACKWATER, AND AC CONDENSATE.
AND I BELIEVE THAT PROJECT IS WORKING ON OR HAS COMPLETED, UH, THAT, UH, INTEGRATING THAT, UM, CALCULATOR INTO A WEB APPLICATION WITH RJS ONLINE IN ORDER TO STREAMLINE THE FUTURE COLLECTION REVIEW AND USE OF THE PRE-DEVELOPMENT BENCHMARKING DATA.
AND, UM, ALONG WITH THE OTHER LYME DEVELOPMENT CODE OR BISHAN PROVISIONS, UM, THAT ARE RELATED TO WATERFORD, WE'RE HOPING THAT THOSE CODE CHANGES, UM, IT WILL BE ABLE TO BE ADOPTED IN THE NEXT YEAR THAT WOULD, UM, CREATE A REQUIREMENT THAT A NEW DEVELOPMENT, UM, COMMERCIAL AND MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS SUBMIT A PRE-DEVELOPMENT WATER BENCHMARKING APPLICATION.
ALONG WITH THEIR SITE PLAN, THERE WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT THAT DEVELOPMENT'S GREATER THAN 250,000 SQUARE FEET.
WHERE DO I NEED TO MEET WITH AUSTIN WATER STAFF TO DISCUSS WHAT ARE BENCHMARKING RESULTS? WHAT ARE PATIENCY MEASURES AND ALTERNATIVE WATER INCENTIVES TO HELP IDENTIFY, UM, DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WATER COULD BE USED MORE EFFICIENTLY ON THEIR SITE? UH, THIS PICTURE IS FROM AGES AND AGES IN YOUR LIFETIME AGO, BUT ON NOVEMBER 6TH, 2019, AUSTIN WATER STAFF AND CITY OFFICIALS WERE ABLE TO CUT THE RIBBON ON THE RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED MONTOPOLIS TANK AND PUMP STATION.
UM, THESE FACILITIES ARE IMPORTANT IN PROVIDING RELIABILITY AND THE CENTRAL LOW PRESSURE ZONE AND, AND PUSHING WATER WESTWARD TO CONNECT NEW CUSTOMERS IN SOUTH AUSTIN.
UM, THE, UH, MONTOPOLIS RECLAIM WATER RESERVOIR CAN STORE UP TO 4 MILLION GALLONS OF RECLAIM WATER.
AND ALONG WITH THE PUMP STATION WILL HELP TO IMPROVE, IMPROVE THE RELIABILITY OF THE RECLAIMED WATER SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE TRYING TO PUSH FOR THIS WATER TO BE USED INSIDE OF BUILDINGS FOR PURPOSES LIKE TOILET.
THIS SIDE IS CHINA A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DE-CENTRALIZED RECLAIMED IS KIND OF THE, THE SIBLING TO CENTRALIZE RECLAIMED, UM, DECENTRALIZED RECLAIMED AS, UM, RELATED TO WHAT WE TYPICALLY CALL PACKAGE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS.
THEY'RE SMALLER IN SCALE THAN CENTRALIZED WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS.
AND THEY SERVE COMMUNITIES ADJACENT TO THEIR SITES WITH AUSTIN WATER CURRENTLY HAS THREE PACKAGE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS THAT ARE, UM, UH, PRODUCING TYPE ONE RECLAIMED WATER AND PROVIDING THOSE TWO GOLF COURSES AND JASON TO THEIR SITES.
UM, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING TO REEVALUATE OUR LONG RANGE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING PROCESSES TO BETTER IDENTIFY AND INTEGRATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR DECENTRALIZED RECLAIMED IN FUTURE GROWTH AREAS.
YES, AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY IS LESS A STRATEGY THAT WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ON AUGUST 27TH, 2020, THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL APPROVED NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT WITH HDR FOR PHASE ONE SERVICES FOR AN ASR PILOT AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT PROJECT.
UM, AND THAT PROJECT WILL INCLUDE SEVERAL DIFFERENT PHASES.
THE VERY FIRST PHASE THAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON HERE SOON, UM, WILL BE TO DEVELOP AN ASR PROGRAM AND PERFORM DESKTOP MODELING AND FIELD TESTING TO EVALUATE POTENTIAL SITES FOR PILOTING.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE FIRST SEVERAL YEARS ON THIS TIMELINE IS THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO IDENTIFY WHERE TO PILOT.
AND THEN, UM, IN FY 24, WE'D BE WORKING ON THE DESIGN CONSTRUCTION AND TESTING OF THAT ASR PILOT.
UM, YES, UH, I THINK YOU KNOW THIS, BUT, UH, AND I I'VE FORGOTTEN IF THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD RECENTLY PUBLISHED A STUDY ON THE BEST PLACES TO LOCATE ASR FACILITIES IN THE STATE.
YOU PROBABLY, BUT I JUST MENTIONED THAT YOU WERE MENTIONING, YES, WE WERE AWARE OF THAT THAT REPORT HAD BEEN PUBLISHED.
UM, WE SHOULD ALSO MENTION THAT WITHIN THIS YEAR, UM, UH, AUSTIN WATER FORMED AN ASR TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP THAT MET IN
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JUNE OF 2020.THEY WERE AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR THE ASR WERE COMPLETED IN FYI 20 SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THIS TASK FORCE WERE ALSO, UH, PARTICIPATING IN THAT ASR WORK GROUP, BILL MORIARTY AND ROBERT MASON VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION THERE.
UM, THAT TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUPS MADE UP OF WATER RESEARCH PROFESSIONALS WITH ASR EXPERIENCE, AS WELL AS, UM, FOLKS IN ACADEMIA INCLUDES REPRESENTATIVES FROM STATE AGENCIES, AS WELL AS OTHER WATER UTILITIES.
WE'RE PLANNING TO, UM, RECONVENE, UM, THAT ASR TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP.
AND YOU'RE PROBABLY WITHIN THE SPRING OF 2020.
AND THIS SLIDE PRESENTS A PICTURE OF THE, UM, METRICS THAT WE ARE TRACKING IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE WATER FOR 2018 PLAN, THE TARGETS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE LAST TWO COLUMNS OF EACH OF THESE TABLES.
WELL, THE LAST TWO COLUMNS OF THE FIRST TABLE AND THE LAST THREE COLUMNS OF THE SECOND TABLE ARE FUTURE TARGETS AS REPORTED IN THE ADOPTED 2018 WATER POURED PLAN, THE SAVINGS AND YIELD, UM, TARGETS THAT WE HAVE, UH, THERE WILL BE UPDATED STARTING WITH THE 2023 WATERFORD PLAN UPDATE TO REFLECT OUR IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT PROGRESS AND AS WELL AS IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR STRATEGY SAVINGS AND YIELD ESTIMATES, YOU CAN SEE HERE, I'VE INCLUDED BOTH THE FYI 19, AS WELL AS THE FY 20 ESTIMATES OF SAVINGS AND YIELD AND THE SECOND TABLE.
AND THE FIRST TABLE INCLUDES OUR ESTIMATES FOR SURVEY POPULATION PORTABLE PUMPING POTABLE GPCD, WHICH IS WHAT WOULD TYPICALLY BE REPORTED TO SOMETHING LIKE, UM, IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE REPORTING, UH, THE, UH, TEXAS DEVELOPMENT BOARD DOES, UM, THE POTABLE AND NON-POTABLE WATER PROVIDED IS A COMBINATION OF BOTH OUR POTABLE PUMPING, AS WELL AS THE RECLAIM WATER THAT WE USED OR THAT OUR CUSTOMERS USED FROM AUSTIN WATER AND THE POTABLE AND NON-POTABLE GPCD IS THAT POTABLE AND NON-POTABLE WATER PROVIDED, UM, DIVIDED BY OUR, UM, UH, ESTIMATED SIR POPULATION, UH, UH, DIVIDED BY THE 365 DAYS IN A YEAR, JUST TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT THERE AND LOOKING FORWARD, UM, STAFF WE'LL CONTINUE OUR COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS RELATED TO WATER PORT IMPLEMENTATION.
UM, WE'LL ALSO TALK TODAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT UPDATING OUR COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY IN ADVANCE OF THE WATER FOR 2023 UPDATE DURING THIS YEAR.
UH, WE'LL ALSO BE PERFORMING FURTHER STUDY TO INFORM THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FUTURE INDIRECT, POTABLE REUSE PROJECT.
WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'LL ALSO BE COMPLETING OR CENTRALIZED RECLAIM WATER MASTER PLAN THIS YEAR, AND WE'LL BE PERFORMING.
AND WE ACTUALLY ARE PERFORMING PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS TO SUPPORT UPDATES TO THE WATER PORT PLAN, UM, FOR 2023.
NOW THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
AND WE ALSO HAVE ADDITIONAL STAFF HERE, UM, AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AS WELL.
YES, HE SAYS THIS, DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THAT? THE METRICS ARE THE RECLAIMED EITHER CENTRALIZED OR DECENTRALIZED, ET CETERA.
SO, UM, IS THAT PERRY PERRY? UM, THIS IS NOT REAL IMPORTANT, BUT I'M CURIOUS, WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, GRANT 4 MILLION GALLON USERS, 3 MILLION GALLON USERS.
WHO'S, UH, WHO'S A MILLION GALLER USER GALLON USER.
WHO'S A 3 MILLION GALLON USER.
ARE THOSE OUTLIERS AND SAMSUNGS, OR DOES ANYBODY HAVE AN IDEA OR MAGNITUDE OF THESE DIFFERENT USERS AND WHAT THOSE NUMBERS MEAN? OKAY.
I WOULD SAY THAT THESE ARE NOT YOUR AVERAGE, UH, CUSTOMERS.
UM, I'D SAY THEY WERE LARGER WATER USERS, UM, IN COMPARISON TO OTHER, UH, COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS.
HOWEVER, THERE'S, UM, PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, UM, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE, UH, OF THOSE, UH, DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE USING THAT AMOUNT OF WATER, NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE ESTIMATED TO USE THAT AMOUNT OF WATER.
AND WE DO KNOW THAT AUSTIN CONTINUES TO GROW, CONTINUES TO BE, UM, A PLACE WHERE BUSINESSES AND, UH, COMPANIES WANT TO COME TO AN ESTABLISHED CAMPUSES.
AND SO WE, UM, IDENTIFY THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AS, UH, AREAS WHERE WE CAN UTILIZE THESE TYPES OF OPTIONS, THESE OF INCENTIVES AND GRANTS, TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE CAMPUSES AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE.
I DON'T KNOW IF OTHER FOLKS ARE TRYING TO SAY YOU WENT AWAY AND THEN TOO, I CAN GIVE YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT OF PLACE.
I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER OF GALLONS, BUT, UM, I'VE BEEN TALKING TO AS WELL AS MARK JORDAN
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AND SOME OTHER FOLKS HAVE BEEN TALKING TO, UM, AISD ABOUT A NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUS AT MUELLER.AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT A GRANT THROUGH THE BUCKS FOR BUSINESS PROGRAM, I BELIEVE IS WHAT IT'S CALLED, BUT UP TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A BIG NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL, UM, IN ORDER TO DO A PLUM, TO BE ABLE TO BRING, RAISE WATER INTO THE BUILDING.
SO AT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, BUT IT DOES MAYBE PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT.
UH, MARISA WAS ALSO JUST, UM, TRACY SALUTES HERE, UH, AUSTIN WATER IN A MENTION, I THINK YOU MENTIONED IT MARRISA THE, UH, TYPICALLY FAIRLY LARGE SCALE COMMERCIAL TYPE BUILDINGS, UH, CAMPUSES, UM, AND LIKE GROUPING OF, OF OFFICE BUILDINGS.
A LOT OF THE KEY DRIVERS ARE COURSE, UM, SOME OF THE IRRIGATION, UH, COOLING, UH, FOR IN, ESPECIALLY DURING THE SUMMER AC, UM, COOLING PROCESSES.
AND IN SOMETIMES YOU GET INTO MANUFACTURING AS WELL.
UH, BUT A LOT OF THE DRY KEY DRIVERS ARE FOR, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, IRRIGATION AND COOLING REALLY, UH, CAN DRIVE IT UP IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF SPACE THAT'S BEING COOLED AND WAREHOUSES AND, UM, AND THOSE KINDS OF FACILITIES.
SO I THINK THAT THIS, THIS INCENTIVE PROGRAM IS A REALLY KEY COMPONENT OF GETTING PROOFS OF CONCEPT.
NOW, WHILE WE'RE IN A PILOT PHASE, ONCE THE STUFF GETS THE OTHER ELEMENTS GET APPROVED AT CITY COUNCIL, BUT WE'RE IN A PILOT PHASE BEFORE THE ONSITE REES REQUIREMENT BECOMES MANDATORY.
SO IT IS A REALLY, I THINK, ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF MOVING FORWARD AND GETTING SOME COMMUNITY BUY-IN AND, AND SOME PRACTICE DOING THIS.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO EITHER AT A FUTURE FULL BUTTER TASKFORCE MEETING, OR MORE, MAYBE MORE APPROPRIATELY AT AN ORDINANCE SUB COMMITTEE MEETING TO GET SOME MORE SPECIFICITY ABOUT HOW THIS INCENTIVE PROGRAM IS GOING TO WORK.
UM, I THINK PERRY'S ON THAT COMMITTEE AS WELL.
UM, JUST SO WE CAN KIND OF UNDERSTAND, WE HAVEN'T, WE'VE HEARD ABOUT IT KIND OF APPEAR, BUT IT JUST MAYBE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT, SOME OF MORE SPECIFICS NOW THAT IT'S BEEN ADOPTED, I'LL MAKE A NOTE, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
WELL, YOU STILL THINK WE CAN KEEP GOING THEN.
IF YOU JUST GOING TO HAVE A TRANSITION HERE BETWEEN SLIDE DECKS,
[2.b. Update on Volumetric Surveys of Lakes Travis & Buchanan]
I BELIEVE THAT TERESA'S GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PROVIDE US, UM, A LITTLE UPDATE HERE.UM, THIS IS IN RELATION TO A QUESTION THAT A TASK FORCE MEMBER MORIARITY ASKED AT THE LAST TASK FORCE MEETING, SO HAND IT OVER TO THERESA.
THANK YOU, MARISA AGAIN, THERESA LUTES, AUSTIN WATER, UH, WANTED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT SOME OF THE RECENT VOLUMETRIC SURVEYS OF LAKES, UH, TRAVIS AND THE CANON.
UH, AS YOU PROBABLY ARE AWARE, UH, THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY, UH, OWNS AND OPERATES, UH, LAKE TRAVIS AND THE CANNON, WHICH ARE UPSTREAM OF AUSTIN AND PROVIDE REGION'S WATER SUPPLY, UH, AND FLOOD CONTROL, UH, CAPABILITIES, THE COMBINED STORAGE OF BOTH OF THOSE LAKES, AS YOU SAW IN THE, UM, MATERIAL THAT, UM, MARRISA WENT OVER AT THE BEGINNING, WHEN WE'RE TRACKING, LOOKING AT OUR TRACKING OUR WATER SUPPLY, THE KEY NUMBER THERE IS, UH, APPROXIMATELY 2 MILLION ACRE FEET OF COMBINED STORAGE CAPACITY FOR BOTH OF THOSE WATER SUPPLY LAKES, UH, TRAVIS AND MCCANNON LCRA, THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY, UH, MANAGES AND OWNS AND OPERATES THOSE LAKES.
AND THEY CONTRACT OCCASIONALLY WITH, UH, THE, UH, UH, TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD TO HAVE SURVEYS DONE VOLUMETRIC SURVEYS OF THOSE LAKES, UH, TO DETERMINE THE, UM, THE CAPACITY OF THOSE LAKES, UH, THE MOST RECENT, UH, OR THE APP WITH LAKE TRAVIS, THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO ONE OF THOSE SURVEYS IN 2021.
SO IN THE EARLY PART OF THIS YEAR, UH, THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD WILL BE CONDUCTING A VOLUMETRIC SURVEY OF LAKE TRAVIS, AND WE CAN CIRCLE BACK AROUND AFTER THAT'S COMPLETED.
AND WHEN, WHEN WE LEARNED THE RESULTS OF THAT, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.
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UH, SO THESE ARE DONE FAIRLY ROUTINELY.UM, ELSE, UH, THAT THE BOARD OF THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD COMPLETED ONE OF LIKE, UM, A CANON THE MORE, UH, UPSTREAM LAKE IN, UH, 2019.
AND, UH, WHEN THEY DID THAT, UM, THEY FOUND THE CAPACITY TO BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN IN THE PREVIOUS SURVEY, WHICH WAS DONE IN 2006.
UH, BUT THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS HAPPENED FOR WHERE WITH, UH, IMPROVED METHODOLOGIES AND IMPROVED EQUIPMENT.
SOMETIMES THE RESULTS COME OUT A LITTLE HIGHER.
IT WAS JUST A SLIGHT CHANGE IN THE CAPACITY THERE.
UH, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS VERY CLOSE TO WHAT THEY HAD HAD, UM, GOTTEN IN 2006.
NORMALLY YOU WOULD EXPECT OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME FROM 2006 TO 2019 FOR THERE TO BE SOME SEDIMENTATION.
SO YOU'D EXPECT THE, THE NUMBER TO BE GOING DOWN SOME, BUT WITHIN THE, UH, ERROR AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE METHODOLOGY, IT ACTUALLY SHOWED US A SLIGHT INCREASE IN CAPACITY.
UH, GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
UH, SO AS I MENTIONED, UM, LCRA, UH, RESURVEY THOSE LAKES, UM, ON A REGULAR BASIS, APPROXIMATELY EVERY 10 YEARS, BUT THAT, THAT VARIES DEPENDING ON VARIOUS FACTORS, UH, THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD HAS A HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY PROGRAM.
AND SINCE 1992, THEY HAVE COMPLETED 174 SURVEYS ON 110 UNIQUE RESERVOIRS.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD DOES AND TAKE SERIOUSLY AND WORKS TO, UM, CONDUCT AND IMPROVE OVER TIME TO HELP THE STATE AND ENTITIES LIKE THE BOARD AND, AND ALL THE PROCESSES THAT USE THAT INFORMATION FOR, UM, WATER SUPPLY AND WATER SUPPLY PLANNING TO HAVE GOOD INFORMATION ON WHAT THOSE ARE, THAT INFORMATION HELPS FEED INTO REGIONAL WATER PLANNING AND THE REGIONAL WATER PLANNING PROCESS OF WHAT THE, THE REGION K, UH, PROCESS AND ALL THE OTHER REGIONS ACROSS THE STATE IS THAT INFORMATION TO PROJECT SEDIMENTATION, UH, TO COUNT FOR THAT EXPECTED OCCURRENCE OVER THE LONGTERM IN DETERMINING FOR MEALS AND WATER AVAILABILITY THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
BUT WE ALSO INCORPORATED ASSUMPTIONS, UM, THAT MIRROR THOSE, UH, THOSE ASSUMPTIONS IN THE REGIONAL WATER PLANNING PROCESS IN OUR, UH, WATERFORD WHAM, UH, WATER AVAILABILITY MODELING.
SO JUST WANTED TO KIND OF TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE, UH, AN UPDATE ABOUT LAKE TRAVIS AND MCCANNON, AND THAT, THAT RECENT INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN COLLECTED THERE, THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, JUST MAKE SURE YOU AWARE THAT THAT'S, UH, THESE ARE, THESE ARE IMPORTANT, UH, BUT, UH, KINDS OF, UH, PIECES OF IT THAT FEED IN TO THE PROCESS.
AND WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO TRACK THAT.
SO WITH THAT, UH, BE HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IT'S SURPRISING THAT THEY DO, UM, THOSE, UM, MEASUREMENTS MORE OFTEN THAN YOU WOULD THINK THAT'S KIND OF COOL.
SHALL WE KEEP MOVING? CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THAT? ABSOLUTELY.
WITH LAKE BUCHANAN, WITH THE MOST RECENT SURVEY SHOWING LIKE MORE FOR A MEAL THAN WAS PREVIOUSLY ESTIMATED, IS THERE ANY, DO THEY ATTRIBUTE THE DIFFERENCE TO LIKE A PHYSICAL CHANGE OR JUST MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES? NO, I THINK, YEAH, JUST THE METHODOLOGY USED, UH, IS, IS MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE METHODOLOGY USED, AND I THINK THEY RECOMMENDED USING THE SAME METHODOLOGY FOR THE NEXT ONE.
SO THERE'S CONSISTENCY THERE, BUT I IMAGINE THERE'S ALSO SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN THE, IN THE EQUIPMENT.
AND ALSO A FACTOR IS ALSO HOW HELPFUL THE RESERVOIR IS AT THE TIME.
AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY A CAPACITY OR A VOLUME, UH, YOU KNOW, NUMBER THAT THEY'RE GOING FOR.
THEY, THEY USE BOATS AND THEY, UM, THEY HAVE INSTRUMENTS THAT, THAT DETERMINE THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE VOLUME AND THE SHIPPING OF THE, OF THE AWAKE AND WHAT'S, UM, YOU
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KNOW, WHAT THE SURFACE IS AND WHAT THE ELEVATIONS ARE.AND ANOTHER FACTOR IN THAT, IN THESE TYPES OF SURVEYS AND THE RESULTS IS HOW CAREFUL THE LAKES ARE AND HOW, WHAT THE VOLUME IS AT THE TIME, IF, IF THE LEGS ARE VERY FULL VERSUS, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, AT SOME REDUCED CAPACITY, THEY'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO SURVEY LESS, UH, LESS OF THE SURFACE, AS YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE SURFACES, YOU KNOW, UH, ABOVE THE WATER LEVEL.
BUT, UM, SOME, SOMETIMES THE, THE LAKES AREN'T COMPLETELY FULL WHEN THE SURVEYS ARE DONE.
UH, SO I THINK THEY, THEY FEEL LIKE THIS, THE, YOU KNOW, RESULTS WERE IN THE KIND OF THE NORMAL RANGE OF VARIABILITY THAT YOU CAN GET, UH, FROM TIME TO TIME.
ANYONE ELSE? ALRIGHTY, LET'S KEEP MOVING THEN.
WE WILL WELCOME KEVIN CREIGHTON, WHO HAS BEEN ABLE TO FEED HIMSELF AWAY FROM OTHER MEETINGS TO JOIN US
[2.c. Water Forward Community Engagement Strategy Update]
NEXT.WE'LL BE PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON OUR PLANS TO UPDATE OUR WATERFORD COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY.
UM, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
IF YOU ALL REMEMBER, WE HAD DEVELOPED A PUBLIC OUTREACH FRAMEWORK, AS WELL AS A PUBLIC OUTREACH PLAN FOR THE WATERFORD 2018 PLAN.
THIS WAS DEVELOPED NOT IN 2018, BUT ACTUALLY BACK IN, I THINK IT WAS 2016, 2015 OR 2016.
UM, SOME OF OUR ORIGINAL GOALS, IF YOU REMEMBER, WERE TO IDENTIFY COMMUNITY VALUES, THAT SHOULD BE REFLECTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCE PLAN, UM, SEEKING INPUT FROM STAKEHOLDERS, WHICH REFLECT THE DIVERSITY OF AUSTIN'S POPULATION AND CUSTOMERS, AS WELL AS INFORMING AND EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
WE HAD IDENTIFIED DIFFERENT AUDIENCES TO REACH OUT TO DIFFERENT STRATEGIES, TO USE AS WELL AS THE STEPS TO DEVELOP A PUBLIC OUTREACH CLAM.
AND FROM THIS, WE ACTUALLY WORKED WITH OUR CONSULTANT TO DEVELOP A PUBLIC OUTREACH PLAN THAT HELPED TO GUIDE OUR EFFORTS DURING THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN.
WE DELIGHT TO GO AHEAD AND USE WHAT WE LEARNED OUR BEST PRACTICES AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE FIRST WATER FOR A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, AND TAKE THAT WITH US AS WE'RE UPDATING THE PLAN.
AND WE ALSO WANT TO BUILD ON THOSE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS.
NOW GO AHEAD AND HAND IT OVER TO J NELL NICHOLSON.
SHE'S A PROGRAM MANAGER IN THE WATER RESOURCES TEAM, AND SHE'S GOING TO BE HELPING US TO UPDATE THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY, AS WELL AS DEVELOPING A PROPOSAL AND A PLAN FOR A COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP.
WE'VE MENTIONED THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES TO SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE TASK FORCE, AND WE WANTED TO PUT THAT PROPOSAL BEFORE THE FULL TASK FORCE TODAY.
NOW, I ALREADY DO THAT, OR WE CAN HEAR YOU.
I THINK THAT'S VERY, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MUTED, STILL PRETTY LOW.
NOW, IS THIS ANY BETTER? IT'S REAL QUIET.
DO YOU HAVE SOME HEADPHONES OR MAYBE THAT YOU CAN USE SOMETIMES THAT HELPS.
OH, IS THAT ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS WAIT, YOU'RE WELCOME.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE MET THE TASKFORCE YET.
I THINK THIS IS ACTUALLY MY SECOND MEETING.
JAY NICHOLSON, NEW PROGRAM MANAGER, ASSISTANCE PLANNING.
I WORK MOSTLY WITH MATISA AND TERESA ON OUR WATER RESOURCES TEAM.
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT OUR KIND OF PLANS MOVING FORWARD TO UPDATE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY.
UM, IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT, UM, SO WE ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN MOVING MORE TOWARDS EQUITY.
I THINK THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN RECENTLY HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB, UM, WITH EQUALITY AS FAR AS GIVING US ALL THE SAME KIND OF RESOURCES, REGARDLESS OF CONTEXT.
UM, BUT ALONG WITH THE EQUITY OFFICE, UM, AND SOME OF THE CITY'S EQUITY GOALS, WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING WORK TO CREATE A JUST OUTCOME FOR EVERYONE
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AND ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES.UM, SO THE EQUITY OFFICE, UM, RECOGNIZES RACE AS THE MOST CONSISTENT PREDICTOR OF ALL QUALITY OF LIFE OUTCOMES.
AND WHILE THERE'S A LOT OF INTERSECTION ALONG WITH OTHER GROUPS, SUCH AS GENDER SEXUALITY, AGE ABILITY, CLASS, ET CETERA, UM, RACE HAS MENTIONED, UM, TO BE THE MOST CONSISTENT PREDICTOR OF LIFE OUTCOMES.
SO KIND OF, UM, IN ALIGNMENT WITH THAT, UH, WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, SORRY, AND ALIGNMENT WITH THAT.
UM, THE GOVERNMENT ALLIANCE ON RACE AND EQUITY, GAR IDENTIFIED SIX STEPS FOR BUILDING RACIAL EQUITY.
UM, AND THE FIRST STEP YOU ARE KIND OF DONE THIS, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE POLICY OR PROGRAM? UM, AND THEN WHAT IS THE DATA? SO AS WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THESE FORECASTS WHERE WE'RE COLLECTING DATA ABOUT THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE, UM, WE NEED TO REALLY FOCUS MORE ON OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE ADDRESSING COMMUNITY CONCERNS? WHO ARE WE ASKING, HOW ARE WE ENGAGING CERTAIN GROUPS OF PEOPLE, UM, BEFORE WE GET MORE TOWARDS THE ANALYSIS AND IMPLEMENTATION, UM, AS WELL AS ACCOUNTABILITY, UM, OUR ACCOUNTABILITY AND COMMUNICATION GOES HAND IN HAND WITH OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TRANSPARENT.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE SUPPORT FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND WE ARE ADDRESSING THEIR CONCERNS, UM, ACCURATELY.
WE CAN GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, SO STRENGTHENING EQUITABLE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UM, THIS IS REALLY THE LESSONS.
UM, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT BEFORE MY TIME, BUT TAKING A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT CAME OUT AS FAR AS COLLECTING DIS-AGGREGATED DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION OF OUR CUSTOMERS AND THE COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE ENGAGED IN OUR FOCUS GROUPS AND OTHER OUTREACH EFFORTS, IDENTIFYING KEY DECISION POINTS AND ENSURING OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY INPUT, UM, AS WELL AS MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES AND INPUT.
SO THIS YEAR WE'VE ALL MOVED TO VIRTUAL.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE WE ENGAGING NOW WHO HAS ACCESS TO THE INTERNET, WHO HAS THE TIME AVAILABLE TO REALLY GIVE THE INPUT THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR? UM, AND THEN MAINTENANCE.
SO, YOU KNOW, ARE WE ATTENDING VIRTUAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS? YOU KNOW, ARE WE INVOLVED IN, YOU KNOW, DO, DO WE COME UP IN DIFFERENT FACEBOOK GROUPS THAT COMMUNITIES HAVE? UM, AND THEN WE REALLY WANT TO STRENGTHEN OUR EQUITABLE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES.
I KNOW IN THE SHORT TIME THAT I'VE BEEN WITH AWESOME WATER, AS WE'RE GETTING INTO OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES, UM, FOR OUR WATER FORWARD STRATEGIES LIKE ASR OR, UM, EVEN AMI FOR, UM, MY ATX WATER, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ASKING A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE WE MISSING? HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE INCLUDE THESE PEOPLE? UM, HOW DO WE DO THIS KIND OF OUTREACH? DO WE DO, YOU KNOW, SIGNAGE OR PAMPHLETS OR, YOU KNOW, LINKS OR QR QRC CODES? UM, AND THESE ARE A LOT OF PODIO QUESTIONS THAT I THINK, UM, A MORE EQUITABLE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY CAN HELP US TO ANSWER BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, WE DO REPRESENT, UM, A WIDE RANGE OF DEMOGRAPHICS AND HAVE SOME WATER, BUT WE'RE NOT IN EVERY SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE, UM, DON'T ACCOUNT FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON.
UM, SO THIS BRINGS US TO OUR PROPOSED COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS IS MADE UP OF COMMUNITY LEADERS AND MEMBERS, UM, AND WE REALLY WANT THEM TO HAVE TWO FUNCTIONS.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS TO ADVISE ON, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS REALLY RELATED TO OUR WATER FORWARD IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES.
UM, AND THIS IS PRETTY DIFFERENT FROM THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE, UH, BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UM, AND WE'RE, WE WANT TO BE REALLY EXPLICIT ABOUT EQUITY WITH THIS GROUP.
UM, AND WE ALSO WANT THEM TO HELP WITH INPUT FOR OUR WATER FORWARD AND UPDATES.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO UPDATE THE PLAN, UM, AT LEAST BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR, AND AS WE'RE UPDATING THIS PLAN AND OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES, WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE INPUT AS THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS REALLY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION ABOUT ALL OF OUR PLANS AND IDEAS SPECIFICALLY TO COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED IN OUR PLANNING EFFORTS AND PROCESSES.
SO IN A LOT OF OUR MEETINGS WITH THE EQUITY OFFICE, UM, WITH, UH, THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RACE AS ONE OF THE PRIMARY INDICATORS, UM, OF LIFE OUTCOMES.
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WE ARE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO DO A LOT OF THIS EQUITY GROUNDING AND UNDERSTANDING OUR HISTORY AND UNDERSTANDING HOW WE COULD NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES MOVING FORWARD AND ALL THE SIGNS KIND OF POINT TO US BEING A LOT MORE TRANSPARENT, UM, AND, AND REALLY DOING THAT OUTREACH THAT WE NEED TO DO.SO WE WANT THEM TO MEET ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
WE'RE EXPLORING HOW WE CAN PROVIDE INCENTIVES FOR PARTICIPATION.
UM, AND AS I SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY ABOUT THEIR CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN AND THE CLIMATE AMBASSADORS THAT THEY HAD.
AND WE SEE THAT AS A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM, THEY HAD A LOT OF EXCITED, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS.
UM, IT WAS REALLY INTEGRATIVE AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE CONTINUING THESE CONVERSATIONS AND WE'RE HOPING TO TAKE WHAT THEY DID AND TWEAK IT AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE MAKE IT BETTER AND MAKE IT MORE APPLICABLE TO WATER FORWARD NIECE.
I'LL LET YOU TAKE THE NEXT STEPS.
UM, KNOW JNL DID A GREAT JOB OF LAYING OUT, UH, SOME OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND WHAT WE WANT TO BE WORKING ON HERE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO, UM, PRESENT THIS TO Y'ALL AND RESPOND TO QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE AND RECEIVE YOUR INPUT.
AND THEN WE'RE HOPING BY MARCH, WHICH WOULD BE OUR NEXT TASK FORCE MEETING, WE'D BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND PRESENT OUR PROGRESS ON UPDATING OUR OVERALL WATERFORD COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY, AS WELL AS FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS PROPOSED COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP AND THE APPLICATION PROCESS, HOW WE WILL BE SELECTING FOLKS TO PARTICIPATE WITHIN THIS GROUP.
SO STILL MORE LOGISTICS TO FIGURE OUT ON OUR END BY SUMMER OF 2021.
UH, WE WOULD BE HOPING TO COMPLETE, UM, OUR STRATEGY UPDATE AND BE ABLE TO KICK OFF THIS COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP TO DO LIKE JANE NELL SAID, AND PROVIDE SOME OF THE GROUNDING IN BOTH EQUITY AND WATER ISSUES SO THAT FOLKS CAN MEANINGFULLY ENGAGE IN THE WATER FOR 2023 UPDATE.
AND THEN IN THE FALL OF 2021, OUR ORIGINAL PLAN, UH, UPDATE PROCESS.
AND WE WOULD HOPE TO BE ABLE TO BEGIN THAT IN THE FALL SO THAT WE CAN COMPLETE THAT BY THE END OF CALENDAR YEAR 2023, THIS YEAR HAS OF COURSE BEEN FULL OF LOTS OF UNFORESEEN CHALLENGES.
AND SO WE'LL JUST, UM, BE KIND OF MOVING FORWARD ON OUR ORIGINAL PLAN WITH THE NOTE THAT THINGS MAY REQUIRE, UH, BE REQUIRED TO CHANGE AS WE MOVE FORWARD NEXT MONTH.
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT FOLKS MAY HAVE DO THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS.
I SEE SARAH, BUT I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE, BUT I CAN ONLY SEE THREE PEOPLE.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
YOU MIGHT'VE COVERED THIS, THAT THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP.
WHAT IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MEMBERS YOU'RE EXPECTING TO HAVE ON THAT GROUP? WELL, WE HAVEN'T DECIDED ON A TOTAL NUMBER RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE HAVE SOME EXAMPLES OF OTHER GROUPS WHERE, UH, THE CLIMATE AMBASSADORS AMBASSADORS GROUP HAD, UM, I THINK, UH, BETWEEN 10 TO 15 FOLKS THAT WERE PARTICIPATING IN THAT.
AND WHAT'S THE, UM, THE EX I THINK THIS WASN'T THE LAST SLIDE, BUT THE EXPECTED DURATION, BECAUSE THIS PROBABLY GONNA START AFTER YOU DID APPLICATIONS AND EVERYTHING, IT SEEMED LIKE MAYBE THE FALL OF 2021.
AND THEN, UM, IS THAT, IS IT CAUSE I'M ASKING BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED A ONCE A MONTH MEETING, AND SO I'M WONDERING, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE TIME COMMITMENT IS THAT WE'RE ASKING OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD, WHO WOULD WANT TO PARTICIPATE.
WE'RE THINKING THAT POTENTIALLY ONCE A MONTH AT, AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS, WHILE WE'RE GETTING FOLKS UP TO SPEED IN ADVANCE OF THE KICKOFF TO THE, UH, 2023 PLAN UPDATE.
SO IF YOU FOLKS REMEMBER THIS TASK FORCE ACTUALLY MET ON A MONTHLY BASIS FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR BEFORE WE ACTUALLY BEGAN IN EARNEST THE UPDATE TO, OR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WATERBOARD PLAN.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY HOPING THAT WE CAN GET FOLKS ON BOARD DURING THE SUMMER OF 2021 AND MAYBE HAVE A FEW MONTHS, MONTHS OF MONTHLY MEETINGS, UH, TO BE ABLE TO GET FOLKS UP TO SPEED.
AND THEN WE'D SEE ABOUT MAYBE REDUCING THE FREQUENCY OF MEETINGS POTENTIALLY TO ALIGN WITH LIKE THE BIMONTHLY TASK FORCE MEETINGS AS WE CONTINUE.
AND WAS THERE A SECOND QUESTION IN THERE THAT I MAY HAVE MISSED? WELL, I WAS JUST SORT OF ASKING WHAT THE OVERALL TIME COMMITMENT, COMMITMENT WOULD BE OF A,
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UM, VOLUNTEER MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP.YEAH, I'M THINKING IN THE INITIAL PROBABLY THREE MONTHS WOULD PROBABLY BE ABOUT, UM, TWO TO FOUR HOURS EVERY MONTH FOR THE FIRST FEW MONTHS.
AND THEN AFTER THAT MAYBE BIMONTHLY MEETINGS, UH, TWO HOURS A MONTH, UM, THAT'S BEING SAID THAT'S MEETING TIME AND THAT WOULDN'T INCLUDE TIME THAT FOLKS MAY BE SPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, UH, READING MATERIALS OR, UM, DOING OTHER, UM, WORK TO REACH OUT TO MEMBERS OF THEIR OWN COMMUNITY TO THEN BRING BACK THAT INPUT INTO THIS PLAN.
THANKS, SARAH, ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT, IS THERE, YOU KNOW, LIKE A YEAR COMMITMENT OR A TWO YEAR COMMITMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR WAS IT MORE OF THE HOURS PER MONTH? UM, BOTH, YOU KNOW, JUST ROUGHLY WHEN ARE WE ASKING PEOPLE TO INVEST IN THIS? IT SOUNDS LIKE A PRETTY ROBUST ADVISORY GROUP.
I AM FAMILIAR WITH THE CLIMATE AMBASSADORS PROGRAM THAT WAS PART OF THE ADOPTION OF THE, THE RECENT UPDATES TO THE CLIMATE PLAN.
AND I THINK IT WAS REALLY SUCCESSFUL.
I THINK IT WAS A LOT OF, A LOT OF WORK FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
AND I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT OVERALL EXPENDITURE OF RESOURCES AND VOLUNTEERS.
SO IT WAS JUST, I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS I'M TALKING TO PEOPLE ALSO, SO I CAN, YOU KNOW, START THINKING ABOUT POTENTIAL CANDIDATES AND SHARING THAT INFORMATION.
COULD I ASK A QUESTION? ARE WE CONSIDERING PAYING THESE PEOPLE? CAUSE I KNOW THAT CAME UP AT ONE POINT RIGHT NOW WE'RE EXPLORING DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE MAY HAVE TO PROVIDE INCENTIVES OR COMPENSATION, BUT WE DON'T HAVE CONFIRMATION THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT AT THIS POINT.
CAUSE IF THE SALARY IS REALLY, REALLY HIGH, I WANT TO APPLY.
UM, SO HOW DO YOU SEE THE, UM, I THINK MORE INPUT IS GOOD AND LOTS OF PERSPECTIVES ON THE NEXT ROUND OF ONE OR FORWARD AND IMPLEMENTATION AND ALL OF THAT AS A, AS A POSITIVE.
HOW DO YOU SEE THE ROLES OF THE TASK FORCE AND THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP, UM, DIFFERING OR ARE THEY VERY SIMILAR? UM, I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF WORK TO ADMINISTER THIS GROUP AND SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS AND STUFF.
SO ADDING A WHOLE OTHER GROUP ON, UM, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S THE PRIORITY OF AUSTIN WATER, WHICH I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING, THEN, THEN THAT'S FINE.
BUT I'M JUST KIND OF WONDERING HOW ALL OF THAT THE TASK FORCE AND THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP, IF IT'S REDUNDANT OR ADDITIVE, I THINK IT'S ADDITIVE.
I JUST DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT IT YET AND HOW YOU'RE GOING TO PLAN ON DOING IT.
AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE LEARNING MORE.
AND THEN JINELLE, IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND ADD SOME CONTENT TO, UM, SO I BELIEVE THAT THE ROLES OF THE TASK FORCE AND THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP WOULD BE A DIFFERENT IN THAT THE TASK FORCE WOULD BE, UM, THE BODY THAT IS APPOINTED BY COUNCIL AND, UH, WOULD POTENTIALLY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS BACK TO COUNCIL.
THIS COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP WOULD NOT BE MAKING A FORMAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL, NOT BEING A COUNCIL APPOINTED BODY.
HOWEVER, I THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP WOULD BE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO FEED INTO OUR OVERALL COMMUNITY, UM, INPUT THAT GOES IN INTO OUR, OUR PLANNING PROCESS AND THE DECISIONS THAT WE, UM, AS A, UH, AS A UTILITY AND AS A TASK FORCE ARE MAKING.
UM, AND I THINK THAT ADDITIVE A BENEFIT OF THIS GROUP IS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GET MEANINGFUL INPUT FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN UNDERREPRESENTED IN THESE PLANNING PROCESSES TO BE EXPLICIT, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FOLKS, UM, UH, BLACK, BROWN, INDIGENOUS FOLKS WHO HAVE, UM, PARTICIPATE WHO HAVE NOT PARTICIPATED IN THESE PROCESSES AS ROBUSTLY AS, UM, FOLKS OF, UH, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE, UH, WIDER, HIGHER INCOMES OR HIGHER EDUCATED.
UM, I THINK THE ADDITIVE BENEFIT INCLUDES THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD CAPACITY, UM, WITHIN THESE INDIVIDUALS TO BE ABLE TO MEANINGFULLY ENGAGE IN THIS PLANNING PROCESS RATHER THAN US JUST GOING OUT AND ASKING FOLKS, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT WATER? WOULD IT BE ABLE TO, UM, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO LEARN ABOUT THESE ISSUES AND BE ABLE TO GIVE THEIR PERSPECTIVE BASED ON THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCE AND BASED ON THE EXPERIENCE OF THEIR COMMUNITIES, JUUL, DO YOU WANT TO ADD SOME IDEAS TO THAT?
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YEAH, I THINK, UH, I THINK YOU KIND OF HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD, UM, WITH THE KIND OF SEPARATION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL.UM, BUT ALSO THE WAY THAT I SEE IT AS IN A LOT OF OUR, OUR SUB OUR SUB-TEAMS OR SOME OF THESE STRATEGIES, WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS AND A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT LANGUAGE BARRIERS ABOUT ADDRESSING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, AT LEAST MY ITX WATER.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT LOCATIONS, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE'RE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IS THIS GOING TO AFFECT, LIKE, IS THIS AN ADDITIONAL PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE GOING TO CHANGE THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN A CERTAIN WAY? SHOULD WE HAVE CERTAIN SIGNAGE, YOU KNOW, HERE OR THERE? UM, SO I THINK SPECIFICALLY AROUND LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, THERE ARE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS THAT THEY'VE COME UP WITH.
I THINK DURING COVID, AS FAR AS LIKE SHARING INTERNET OR, UM, YOU KNOW, SHARING ONE TO PINPOINT AT SOME OF THOSE RESOURCES AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHERE WE FIT AND WHERE WE CAN COLLABORATE.
BUT TO, UM, AGAIN, JUST KIND OF THAT EXPLICIT PIECE ON EQUITY, WE REALIZE IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT REALLY GOING TO BE A TECHNICAL TEAM OF PEOPLE.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A LOT OF EDUCATION ON SOME OF OUR STRATEGIES.
UM, BUT IT'S REALLY ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL TAKING SOME TIME TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT FOR THAT.
UM, AND, AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING IT AS YOU GET THE PROGRAM KIND OF FLESHED OUT SOME MORE.
UM, I THINK IT'S, IT CAN ONLY BE A POSITIVE AND AN ADDITIVE TO OUR, AS WE IMPLEMENT INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS AND AS WE COME UP WITH THE NEXT WATER FORWARD PLAN, UM, YEAH, SO I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING.
SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO KIND OF EXPLAIN THAT.
AND I LOVE WHAT MERISSA SAID ABOUT BUILDING CAPACITY FOR, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER COHORT OF PEOPLE, WHOEVER THEY MAY BE TO BE ABLE TO MEANINGFULLY ENGAGED AND, AND WATER ISSUES IN THE FUTURE, IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND EMPOWERING FOLKS WITH KNOWLEDGE TO DO THAT.
UM, I THINK THAT'S A REAL POSITIVE THING.
UM, I THINK WE'RE SUPER FORTUNATE LOOKING AROUND THE TASKFORCE TO HAVE SOME REALLY GREAT WATER EXPERTS WORKING ON THIS.
THIS IS A POSITIVE THING, AND IT'S A BENEFIT AND WE ALL ARE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY AS WELL.
UM, BUT I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE, WE SHOULD ALL BE WATER EXPERTS CAUSE WE ALL WATER IS ESSENTIAL TO ALL OF US.
SO, UM, AND I THINK THAT WE ALL HAVE EXPERTISE IN WATER, WHETHER OUR TITLE SAYS IT OR NOT.
SO I THINK IT'S A REALLY GREAT THING.
UM, ROBERT, WERE YOU GOING TO SAY SOMETHING, I JUST THOUGHT YOU AND YOUR SPACE BACKGROUND POP UP? YEAH, JUST, JUST ONE SAID, I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING AS WELL.
AND I THINK THERE HAS TO BE A SPECIAL EFFORT TO HEAR FROM UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES.
AND I THINK I'M THINKING, I HOPE THAT THIS WILL, UM, PROVIDE US THAT, THAT FEEDBACK AND JENNIFER.
SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING THE TASK FORCE COULD DO, UM, TO HELP YOU ALL ON THIS JOURNEY, UM, YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTELY.
AND I PRESUME THAT ONE OF THE REASONS THAT JENELLE WAS HIRED BESIDES SHE'S AWESOME IS THAT, UH, TO HELP WITH THIS KIND OF ENHANCED OUTREACH EFFORT.
AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT THERE'S SOME NEW FOLKS COMING IN AND AUSTIN WATER, YOU KNOW, ADDING CAPACITY, CAUSE THIS IS DEFINITELY A BIG LIFT FOR Y'ALL THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
AND, UM, WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SECOND THAT WE'RE REALLY HAPPY THAT JANELLE'S ONBOARD AND GOING TO BE HELPING US TO SHEPHERD THIS GROUP AS WELL AS THE UPDATE TO OUR ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY.
I SEE VANESSA HAS JOINED US NOW WELCOME VANESSA FROM CHILD, UH, SHEPHERDING.
WE, UH, WE'RE JUGGLING DIFFERENT RESPONSIBILITIES.
SO, UM, JENNIFER, I KNOW I KIND OF JOINED LATE TO THIS CONVERSATION, BUT I WONDERED IF IT WOULD BE WORTHWHILE TO SHARE WHAT SOME OF OUR ORGANIZATION'S THINKING WITH RESPECT TO A RESEARCH PROJECT.
UM, AND THAT WOULD BE LOOKING AT WATER AND EQUITY ISSUES AND CENTRAL TEXAS HILL COUNTRY.
UM, A LOT OF CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS LIKE NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION, VF AND OTHERS, UM, HAVE RECEIVED SOME FUNDING DO, UM, TO WORK ON, YOU KNOW, THE WORK, THE WORK RELATED TO WATER THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING IN THE HILL COUNTRY AND CENTRAL TEXAS, BUT ARE BEING URGED TO REALLY, UM, WHERE WE CAN AUTHENTICALLY FOCUS ON EQUITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL
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JUSTICE ISSUES.AND A LOT OF US FELT LIKE WE NEEDED TO HAVE MORE OF AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE LANDSCAPE OF ISSUES RELATED TO WATER EQUITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN CENTRAL TEXAS.
AND SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF BEGINNING AROUND, UH, WHAT THAT PROJECT AND THE SCOPE MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'D WELCOME INPUT FROM, FROM, UM, FROM YOU GENERAL AND, AND OTHERS ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT LARGER MUNICIPALITIES ARE DOING WITH, BECAUSE IT'S CERTAINLY RELEVANT AND IT COULD HELP, YOU KNOW, US AS WE'RE FIGURING OUT OUR, OUR SCOPE.
VANESSA DOES THE EFFORT THAT SEVERAL OF US ARE WORKING ON TOGETHER, VANESSA AND MYSELF, AND I DON'T KNOW, I THINK MEDICINE OR SOME OTHER PLACES, SO MANY OF US WORK TOGETHER ON OTHER ISSUES OUTSIDE OF THIS TASKFORCE AS WELL.
UM, WE SHOULD DEFINITELY CIRCLE BACK WITH JANE ELLEN MARIE CENTER WAS APPROPRIATE.
THE CITY OF AUSTIN, LET THEM KNOW KIND OF WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR KIND OF TIMING IS.
I KNOW WE HAVE A SUPER TIGHT AGENDA TODAY.
I MEANT LIKE YOUR TIME WE SHOULD SET ASIDE A TIME.
[2.d. Water Forward Task Force Ordinance and Indirect Potable Reuse Subcommittee Reports]
AND I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOME SHUFFLING HERE WITH PRESENTATIONS.UM, I'M GOING TO GIVE A REALLY QUICK UPDATE ON, UH, ORDINANCE AND INDIRECT POTABLE REUSE SUBCOMMITTEES THAT WERE HELD, UH, SINCE THE LAST TASK FORCE MEETING AND THEN TRY TO RESERVE A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME FOR, UM, OUR LAST TWO ITEMS. I WE'RE TOTALLY ON TIME RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE, OUR LAST COUPLE OF ITEMS ARE PRESENTATION FROM OUR FINANCE FOLKS FROM CHRISTINA ROMERO ON, UH, TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD FUNDING STRATEGIES.
AND THEN, UM, WE HAVE A LAST VOTING ITEM TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF 20, 21 TASK FORCE MEETING TIMES THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE TO GET TO AS WELL AS JUST LISTING OUT ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. SO, UM, NEXT SLIDE ON DECEMBER 9TH, UH, WE HELD A, UH, ORDINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING.
UM, WE DISCUSSED THE STATUS OF WATERBOARD CODE CHANGES.
UM, KEVIN CURTIN CAN GAVE AN UPDATE ON, UH, CHAPTER SIX AND 15 CODE CHANGES.
THIS WAS PRIOR TO THE TASK FORCE REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL ON THOSE CODE CHANGES.
UM, WE ALSO HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT ORDINANCE AFFORDABILITY.
UM, WE HAD SOME UPDATES FROM FOLKS, UH, TALKING ABOUT, UM, UH, PARTNERSHIPS OR COORDINATION HAPPENING WITH, UH, SEVERAL DIFFERENT ENTITIES.
UM, WITH AISD, JENNIFER GAVE AN UPDATE ABOUT A MEETING WITH AISD AND THEIR WORK TO USE THE AWU BOOKS FOR BUSINESS PROGRAM.
AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER IN THIS MEETING, UM, WE ALSO RECEIVED AN UPDATE ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THE PACE WORK, I BELIEVE FROM CHARLENE LAURA, WHO, UM, HAS BEEN LOOKING AT, UH, THE, UH, POTENTIAL PAYBACK PERIODS OF PACE AND, UM, SOME DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE POTENTIAL USAGE OF PACE FUNDS, UH, FOR, UH, ONSITE WATER REUSE PROJECTS.
AND WE ADD THAT MEETING, UH, INTENTION TO MEET EARLY ON AND THIS YEAR, UH, TO HAVE A FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT AFFORDABILITY IMPACTS OF ONSITE WATER REUSE SYSTEMS AND DO A PLUMBING.
UM, AND I THINK THAT WE'LL FOLLOW UP AFTER THIS TASK FORCE MEETING THAT OUR NEXT ORDINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING TO FLUSH OUT SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, IMPACTS ON, UH, YOU KNOW, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS PENCILING OUT, UM, FROM ONSITE WATER REUSE SYSTEMS INTO A PLUMBING, UH, OPPORTUNITIES TO USE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES FOR THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS.
AND AT OUR MOST RECENT, UH, TASKFORCE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING AT OUR IPS OF COMMITTEE MEETING THAT WAS HELD, UH, JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, UM, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT, UM, SOME OF THE WATER AVAILABILITY MODELING THAT OUR CONSULTANT RICHARD HOCK POWER HAS PERFORMED LOOKING AT NEAR TERM, UM, UH, POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF A REPEAT OF THE HYDROLOGY FROM 2011 TO 2016 IS, UH, DURING THE DROUGHT PERIOD.
UM, SOME OF THAT MODELING JUST SHOWED US THAT THERE IS A, UM, FAIRLY LOW CHANCE THAT WE WOULD GET DOWN TO, UM, UH, LEVELS, UH, COMBINED STORAGE LEVELS THAT WOULD REQUIRE US TO USE AN EMERGENCY STRATEGY LIKE IPR.
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THAT BEING SAID AT THAT MEETING, WE DISCUSSED THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUING TO DO RESEARCH AND STUDY ABOUT, UM, THE DIFFERENT CONSIDERATIONS RELATED TO IPR, UH, WATER QUALITY MODELING, UM, THAT WE WOULD NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR IPR, UM, EXPLORING VARIOUS PERMITTING CONSIDERATIONS, CONTINUING TO WORK ON OUR CIP PLANNING AND THE DELIVERY OF MULTI-BAND OFFICIAL INFRASTRUCTURE COMPONENTS NEEDED FOR FUTURE EMERGENCY IMPLEMENTATION OF IPR, AS WELL AS, UM, CONTINUING, UH, COMMUNITY EDUCATION ABOUT THIS STRATEGY, THE CONTEXT IN WHICH IT WOULD BE USED, THE POTENTIAL RISKS AND BENEFITS AND COST OF THIS STRATEGY.AND WE ALSO TALKED IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT SOME PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED QUESTIONS FROM, UH, BELMORE YARDI TASK FORCE MEMBER MORIARITY, UM, AND WATERSHED PROTECTION HAS, UH, SAID THAT THEY WILL BE WORKING UP SOME WRITTEN RESPONSES TO THOSE QUESTIONS THAT WOULD THEN PROVIDE BACK TO THE, UH, IPS OF COMMITTEE AS WELL AS THE TESTS.
AND WE ALSO, UM, WANTING TO REVIEW THE SUB COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP, UM, AT THE LAST SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, UM, WHAT WE REALIZED THAT WE NEEDED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THE APPROPRIATE MEMBERSHIP AND VARIOUS SUB COMMITTEES.
AND IF YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GET RID OF THESE SLIDES.
UM, I DON'T HAVE IT WITHIN YOUR PACKET, UH, BECAUSE IT CAME UP FOR A LITTLE LATE, BUT I CAN GO AHEAD AND PULL UP THE, UH, TASKFORCE LISTING OF SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS.
AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHO ALL IS ON A SUBCOMMITTEE THAT MAY NOT WANT TO BE ON A SUBCOMMITTEE AT ANYMORE, OR, UM, FOLKS WHO ARE NEW IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE ON A SUBCOMMITTEE.
UM, AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, POTENTIALLY SEE IF THERE IS, UM, THE, THE, UH, SPACE FOR YOU TO JOIN ONE OF THESE SUBCOMMITTEES.
SO WE WANTED TO, UM, REVIEW THE SUB COMMITTEES AND WHO'S ON THEM BECAUSE FOLKS MIGHT NOT REMEMBER EXACTLY WHO'S ON WHICH ONE WE'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE FIVE FOLKS ON THE COMMITTEE FOR.
UM, SO WE DON'T BREAK A COURTROOM AND, UH, AND WE HAVE SOME NEW MEMBERS TOO, AS THEY MAY WANT TO JOIN A COMMITTEE, OR, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE SOME, SOME CHANGES THAT NEED THAT WANT TO HAPPEN.
SO WE WANTED JUST TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS IT IN A MEETING, UM, WHILE RISA BRINGS IT UP.
ARE YOU STILL THERE? MERISSA GOT REAL QUIET.
IT TOOK A LITTLE BIT TO OPEN THIS UP.
YOU KNOW HOW IT IS WHEN IT GETS QUIET ON THESE, YOU'RE LIKE STOP MAKING SURE I'M NOT SMEARING PEANUT BUTTER ALL OVER MY FACE.
UM, LET'S SEE, UH, FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEES, WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT SUBCOMMITTEES.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AN IPR SUB COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE A LEAD ABATEMENT SUB COMMITTEE AND ORDINANCE SUB COMMITTEE, AND WE ALSO HAVE TASK FORCE MEMBERS WHO ARE ON THE ASR TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP.
UM, CAN YOU SHARE YOUR SCREEN MERISSA IS THAT POSSIBLE WITH THIS OR IS IT ALL IN ONE DOCUMENT? OKAY.
YES, THEY CAN GIVE ME THE, UM, SO WE HAVE, UM, HERE AND I'LL HAVE TO APOLOGIZE, BUT MY IPR SUBCOMMITTEE LIST SEEMS TO HAVE DROPPED OFF OF THIS PAGE.
THESE ARE THE CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE LEAD ABATEMENT SUB COMMITTEE SCREEN.
SO THE ORDINANCE COMMITTEE FOR FOLKS THAT DON'T KNOW, UM, MEETS EVERY OTHER TIME DURING THE INTERIM, WE, WE MEET EVERY OTHER MONTH, SORRY.
EVERY OTHER TIME WE MEET, WE MEET ABOUT TWICE A MONTH AND IN BETWEEN WHEN WE HAVE OUR REGULAR TASKFORCE MEETINGS AND WE ALSO HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE THAT LOOKS AT THAT'S LOOKING AT A SUB SUB COMMITTEE, THAT'S ONLY MET ONCE REALLY TO TALK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY BECAUSE WE RAN OUT OF TIME TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION DURING THE REGULAR ORDINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING,
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MY SUBCOMMITTEE SHEET HAS, I NEED FOLKS EMAILS LISTED, UM, BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE I KIND OF COPY AND PASTE FROM IN ORDER TO SEND YOU EMAILS.SO RATHER THAN SHARE YOUR EMAILS ON THE SCREEN, IS IT OKAY IF I, UM, READ OUT WHO'S WITHIN EACH SUBCOMMITTEE? SURE.
UM, FOR THE IPR SUBCOMMITTEE, MY, UH, MY READING IS THAT THERE, THE CURRENT MEMBERSHIP WAS CHARLENE LORIG ROBERT MACE, BILL MORIARITY, VANESSA PUGH WILLIAMS AND HANEY.
MICHELLE, CAN YOU SAY THAT A LITTLE SLOWER? CHARLENE LORIG ROBERT MACE, DALE MORIARITY VANESSA P WILLIAMS AND HANEY MICHELLE.
THE ASR TAG MEMBERS CURRENTLY ARE ROBERT MACE AND BILL MORIARTY.
OUR ORDINANCE SUB-COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE JENNIFER WALKER, ROBERT MACE, CHARLENE LORIG PERRY LORENZ AND VANESSA P WILLIAMS, AND THEN LED AND LED IS HANI MICHELLE DELMORE.
HARRITY DIANE KENNEDY, ROBERT MACE, AND JENNIFER WALKER.
SO HERE'S A COUPLE CHANGES THAT I KNOW OF.
I KNOW THAT CHARLENE WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THE LEAD SUBCOMMITTEE.
IS THAT CORRECT? SHE SAID THAT AT THE LAST MINUTE.
AM I REMEMBERING THAT RIGHT? I BELIEVE SO.
YOU CAN TAKE ME OFF OF THAT IF YOU WANT.
I'M SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE IPR COMMITTEE, BUT I THINK THERE WAS A MIX UP THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD SIX PEOPLE ON THERE.
SO I GUESS THE QUESTION IS FOR CHARLENE ROBERT BILL, BILL, VANESSA, AND THE HANEY AND MYSELF, IS THERE ANY PERSON ON THAT COMMITTEE THAT DOES NOT WANT TO BE ON THAT COMMITTEE? I COULD DROP OFF OF THAT COMMITTEE.
AND I GUESS ALSO JUST, UM, SARAH, DO YOU HAVE AN INTEREST ON BEING AT ANY OF THESE COMMITTEES? UM, BUT I COULD COME OFF OF A LEAD AND A, AND I WOULD LIKE TO COME OFF OF, UM, THE ORDINANCE COMMITTEE.
SO I THINK THAT LEAVES ME ON ASR.
I THINK HE JUST RESIGNED EVERYTHING, WHOEVER YOU BROUGHT ON ALL THE COMMITTEES AND OH, WOW.
I AM HAPPY IF, IF NEED BE TO GET BOOTED FROM IPR, IF, IF SARAH WANTED THAT AND WE NEEDED ANOTHER SPACE.
CAUSE I KNOW CHARLENE HAS SAID THEY WANTED TO STAY ON FOR SURE.
GETTING OFF THE LEAD COMMITTEE, FINE.
GETTING OFF THE LIFT COMMITTEE FOR SOME OF THE INSTRUMENTS.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE KEPT TRACK OF ALL OF THAT.
AS I WAS READING, IT WAS ALSO TYPING OUT YOUR NAMES.
DO YOU WANT TO COPY THAT BELOW? AND WE CAN MAKE A NEW ONE OR SOMETHING.
THAT'D BE A GOOD WAY TO DO IT JUST SO WE DON'T LOSE THE ORIGINAL.
SO I KNOW ON THE LEAD ABATEMENT, THAT WAS THE ONE THAT, THAT CHARLENE SAID THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO BE ON.
AND I'M GOING TO COME OFF OF THAT.
AND HONEY SAID THAT HE COULD GO OFF.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT YOU DO NECESSARILY UNLESS YOU WANT TO.
I ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THE ASR COMMITTEE APPROVED THERE.
IS HE ABLE TO BE ON THAT ONE? I KNOW THAT ONE'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT Y'ALL THAN THE REGULAR COMMITTEES WE HAVE.
CAUSE IT'S, IT'S A BIGGER COMMITTEE.
OTHER FOLKS THAT THERE'S A CONFIDENTIALITY SITUATION GOING ON.
I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY TRUST CONNIE, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE WERE TRYING TO NOT HAVE THAT ONE BE AS YOU KNOW, LIKE AS LARGE, LIKE THE FIVE MEMBERS, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S NOT A HARD PASS THING.
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WELL, WHY DON'T YOU ALL FIGURE THE ASR ONE OUT AND TO HIM ABOUT IT? CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SOME SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR THAT COMMITTEE, UNLESS IT CAN JUST BE SOLVED RIGHT HERE.BUT FOLLOW UP ON THAT ONE, THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUPS HERE ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THAT THEY'RE TYPICALLY MADE UP OF TECHNICAL EXPERTS, UM, FROM EITHER AN ASR MOBILE TO FORM, OR WE ARE GOING TO FORM A CLIMATE TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP.
THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THESE TAGS ARE KIND OF SITTING IN AND LISTENING IN AS THE TECHNICAL EXPERTS ARE PROVIDING INFORMATION, BUT WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON THE ASR TEAM.
LET'S KEEP WITH THE LEAD ABATEMENT.
SO HONEY SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO GO OFF OF THAT ONE CORRECTLY.
SO WE'LL REMOVE HIM FROM THERE.
AND ARE WE GOOD ON THAT? ON THE LEAD ABATEMENT COMMITTEE? DOES ANYBODY WANT TO JOIN IT? THERE'S SPACE.
AND WE WILL BE GETTING TWO MORE TASKFORCE MEMBERS NUANCE BASED ON HAPPENINGS AT CITY COUNCIL.
THE ORDINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE ROBERT SAID THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO GO OFF OF THAT OR AS WILLING TO GO OFF, YOU CAN TAKE ME OFF.
WHEN I REALIZED I WAS ON ALL THESE COMMITTEES, IT'S LIKE, NO WONDER, IT SEEMS LIKE A MEETING EVERY DAY WITH THE SIMULATOR.
YOU'VE GOT THE JOINT SYNDROME.
UM, SARAH, ARE YOU INTERESTED IN JOINING THIS COMMITTEE OR ANYBODY ELSE? THAT'S NOT ON IT.
SO I WAS ACTUALLY, SINCE I KNEW, I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THE LEAD ABATEMENT SUB COMMITTEE IN THE IPR COMMITTEE IN TERMS OF HOW FREQUENTLY DO THEY MEET? UM, WHAT ARE THE GOALS? I JUST Y'ALL KNOW.
I'M ALSO ON THE PARKS BOARD AND I'M CHAIRING AS NEW STANDING COMMITTEE THAT'S STARTING THERE.
SO I NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT MY JOINING.
I CAN ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTE TO, YOU KNOW, MY FAVORITE IS INFREQUENT ORDINANCE.
YOU CAN RAISE IT BY MONTHLY, QUARTERLY.
SO I DO DO, UM, SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, MAKES ME VERY INTERESTED IN A LOT OF AILMENTS OF COMMITTEE, BUT I DON'T QUITE KNOW WHAT THE MISSION AND GOALS OF IT ARE.
I MEAN, FLOOD BATEMAN'S SOMEWHAT SELF-EXPLANATORY DO, WOULD YOU LIKE US TO ADD YOU AS A PLACEHOLDER AND THEN YOU COULD BE SOME FOLLOWUP WITH THE APPROPRIATE PERSON TO FIND OUT ABOUT IT? YES, PLEASE.
AND THE APPROPRIATE PERSON WOULD BE MERISSA I PRESUME.
UM, SO THE ORDINANCE SUBCOMMITTEES MYSELF, CHARLENE PERRY, VANESSA WILLIAMS. IS ANYBODY INTERESTED IN JOINING THIS COMMITTEE? THERE IS ONE SPACE AVAILABLE.
AND I DO KNOW THAT BILL MURRAY ALREADY WENT OFF THIS COMMITTEE TO MAKE SPACE FOR VANESSA BILL.
UM, I THINK ROBERT, WERE YOU GOING TO LEAVE THAT ONE AS WELL? I AM WILLING TO LEAVE THAT ONE TO, UH, ALLOW ANOTHER MEMBER TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE, BUT, UM, BUT I'M ALSO HAPPY TO STAY ON IT.
THIS IS THE ONE WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAD SIX PEOPLE CAUSE IT WAS MYSELF, ROBERT BILL, VANESSA, AND HANKY OR HOTTIE.
I'M SORRY IF I'M SAYING YOUR NAME WRONG.
I THINK I'VE SAID IT SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS.
JUST SAY I'VE HEARD SO MANY VARIATIONS.
SO TELL ME THAT WHAT'S THE RIGHT PRONUNCIATION.
I SAID IT THAT WAY ONE OF THE TIMES.
SO EVERY NOW AND THEN A BROKEN CLOCK IS RIGHT.
WE CAN KEEP THIS COMMITTEE LIKE THIS, EVERYBODY THAT'S ON HERE WANTS TO KEEP SERVING.
I AM I'M ON OTHER STUFF AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
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HANEY IS INTERESTED IN THAT, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH FOLKS BECAUSE THAT HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT SITUATION BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY BIGGER THAN THE TASK FORCE.IT'S A BUNCH OF EXPERTS AND SOME OTHER THINGS AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT, LIKE LET'S JUST SAY.
AND THEN THE CLIMATE TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP HASN'T EVEN MET YET AND ROBERT AND I VOLUNTEERED FOR IT.
ARE WE ALL GOOD? WELL, THIS WAS, THIS WAS EXCELLENT.
SO I'M NOT CLEAR ABOUT WHEN YOU SAID TO FOLLOW UP, WHAT'S THE ISSUE OF THE ASR THING COMMITTEE.
I DON'T KNOW STAFF WANTS TO ANSWER THAT OR MAYBE THERE'S NOT AN ISSUE.
I THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS ONLY TWO SPACES AVAILABLE ON THAT, BUT I MAY BE WRONG DIFFERENTLY THAN THESE SUBCOMMITTEES.
AND SO IT'S, UM, IT'S MORE OF A PROJECT TEAM.
UM, I I'LL ADD THE, THE MEMBERSHIP OF THAT OF THE TAG IS, YOU KNOW, BEYOND JUST WATER FOR TASK FORCE MEMBERS.
SO THERE ARE OTHER MEMBERS FROM ACADEMIA, FROM PRACTITIONERS.
SO, UM, I, YOU KNOW, I, THAT, THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THERE'S A STRICT LIMIT.
WE JUST NEED TO BE CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T GET THAT GROUP SO LARGE THAT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SCHEDULE MEETINGS.
SO IF YOU WILL, I THINK WE CAN DISCUSS THAT AS FAR AS KIND OF WHAT BODY COUNT IS.
AND WE'LL GET BACK WITH YOU TO SEE IF ADDING ANOTHER TASK FORCE NUMBER IS SPECIFICALLY PROBLEMATIC.
SO WE'RE NOT SAYING NO, JUST LET US DO SOME RECONNAISSANCE AND WE'LL GET BACK WITH YOU.
BUT, BUT I WILL FIGHT TO THE DEATH FOR THAT ONE, THAT THAT MAY BE PART OF OUR PROCESS.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO SCHEDULE THAT.
WE SUCCESSFULLY GOT THROUGH THAT WITH AS LITTLE VIOLENCE AS POSSIBLE.
SO THANK YOU FOR DOING IT UP TASKS ON HERE.
I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY, BUT SHORTEST PATH TO SUCCESS.
WHAT'S THAT? I THINK NEXT WE HAVE A,
[2.e. Potential Texas Water Development Board Funding Strategies for Water Forward Projects]
UH, THIS IS OUR TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD FUNDING STRATEGIES FOR WATER PROJECTS.AND I DO BELIEVE THAT, UH, CHRISTINA ROMERO, UH, FROM THE AUSTIN WATER FINANCE, UH, PROGRAM AREA OR GROUP IS HERE TO PROVIDE A PRESENTATION.
CHRISTINA, ARE YOU LIQUID RIGHT NOW? I AM.
CAN YOU HEAR ME MARISA? YES, I CAN.
SO I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO CHRISTINA AND IF YOU CAN INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND, UH, TAKE IT AWAY.
MY NAME IS CHRISTINA ROMERO AND I AM THE FINANCIAL, UH, DIVISION MANAGER OVER FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FOR AUSTIN WATER.
AND TODAY I'LL BE PRESENTING OUR TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD FUNDING STRATEGIES FOR WATER FORD PROJECTS, AS WELL AS THAT DATING YOU OF OUR OVERALL TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD FUNDING.
UH, SO OUR PRESENTATION OVERVIEWS, OUR AUSTIN WATER STRATEGY, THE LOAN TYPES AND, AND FACTORS THAT WE CONSIDER WHEN APPLYING FOR TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD LOAN FOR PROJECTS, UH, FUNDING FOR THE WATER FOR PROJECTS, AND THEN JUST AN OVERALL SUMMARY OF OUR TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT LOANS.
SO OUR AUSTIN WATER STRATEGY, UH, AWESOME WATER STAFF, MONITORS, POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVE FUNDING MECHANISMS AND OPTIONS.
WE HAVE AN IDENTIFICATION OF TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT, BOARD LOAN OPPORTUNITIES AND ONGOING REPORTING.
WE HAVE CREATED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AN AUSTIN WATER INTERNAL TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD COMMITTEE MADE UP OF JUST DIFFERENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE UTILITY.
UM, IN ORDER TO BEST MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR PROJECTS FOR ANY POTENTIAL TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD LOANS.
WE ALSO EVALUATE OUR CIP PROJECTS IN OUR APPROVED FIVE-YEAR CIP PLAN AND ALSO, UM, IN OUR TEN-YEAR CIP PLAN.
SO WE ARE ALWAYS FORWARD-LOOKING, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE IDENTIFY ANY PROJECTS THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF GETTING BOARD FUNDING.
THERE ARE TWO MAIN LOANS, UH, THAT WE GO FOR, UH, FOR THESE WATERFORD PROJECTS.
UM, ONE IS TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, SWIFT LOAN.
THIS IS STRICTLY A STATE FUNDING.
UH, SO THIS IS NOT FUNDING THAT SUE THE EPA AND PASSED DOWN TO THE STATE TO US.
UM, SO THE AVAILABILITY TO APPLY FOR SWIFT LOAN IS TWICE A YEAR.
IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THESE PROJECTS ARE
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IN THE MOST RECENT APPROVED STATE WATER PLAN, UH, WITH THE ASSOCIATED CAPITAL COST, UH, THE TERMS OR THE LOAN ARE ANYWHERE FROM 20 TO 30 YEARS, AND THIS IS WHERE WE ISSUE OUR OWN DEBT.SO WE WOULD ISSUE A REVENUE BOND IN ORDER TO GET THIS LOAN WITH, UM, SUBSIDY RATES FROM THE STATE.
THE PROJECT MUST BE INCLUDED AGAIN IN THE STATE WATER PLAN.
AND WE HAVE, UH, TO APPLY BY FEBRUARY 1ST.
AND WE NORMALLY CLOSE ON OUR LOANS ON, IN NOVEMBER TIMEFRAME ABOUT MID NOVEMBER, UH, RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING.
UH, THE NEXT LOAN THAT WE GO FOR IS OUR TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, DRINKING WATER, SRF LOAN.
UM, SO THESE, WE CAN GO FOR PLANNING, ACQUISITION, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, PRETTY MUCH ANY PHASE OF THE PROJECT.
UH, THEY DO HAVE A PRIORITY, UH, APPLICATION, UM, BUT USUALLY FOR THAT PRIORITY, UM, NORMALLY THOSE ARE MORE FOR RURAL AREAS, UH, TO GET PRIORITY.
UM, SO WE FOUND THAT APPLYING YEAR ROUND HAS REALLY HELPED US, UH, AS WELL.
AND THE TERMS ARE 20 TO 30 YEARS, UH, ON THOSE LOANS, UH, WHICH IS THE SAME THING WE GO OUT AND WE ISSUE A REVENUE BOND, UH, TO GET THE SUBSIDY INTEREST RATE.
WE ALSO MUST COMPLY WITH FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS.
SO, UH, THE SRF LOAN, UH, IS FUNDED FROM THE EPA PASS THROUGH THE STATE, UM, AND DOWN TO US.
SO, UH, THERE'S MULTIPLE FACTORS THAT PLAY INTO GETTING AN SRF LOAN BECAUSE OF THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS YOU ARE REQUIRED FOR A SINGLE AUDIT, UH, POTENTIALLY, UH, YOU HAVE PEOPLE FROM THE PA DOING A SITE VISIT, POSSIBLY A LOT MORE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS.
SO A LOT IS CONSIDERED WHEN APPLYING FOR AN SRF LOAN.
AND AGAIN, WE CAN APPLY ANY TIME FOR THESE LOANS.
UH, SO AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, THAT IS A BIG CONSIDERATION.
UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE APPLYING FOR A LOAN, WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, DETERMINE WHAT ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS, UM, THAT WE HAVE WITH EACH PROJECT.
UH, WE LOOK AT DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE LOAN CLOSING, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO START PAYING BACK IMMEDIATELY.
UH, ONCE WE CLOSE ON THE LOAN, UH, WE HAVE LOAN REPORTING SUCH AS ANNUAL, UM, HUB REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, WHICH IS A UNDER UTILIZED BUSINESS, UH, TEXAS REGION K PLAN FOR SWIFT.
SO WE MAKE SURE ARE THESE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, IF WE'RE GOING FOR SWIFT FUNDING, ARE THEY IN THE REGION K OR ARE THEY OUTSIDE THAT PLAN? UM, THEN WE LOOK TO DETERMINE IF IT WILL BE IN SRF LOAN.
SO THE WATERFALL PROJECTS WE HAVE TODAY THAT ARE BEING FUNDED THROUGH THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, OUR FIRST BIG PROJECT IS AMI, OUR ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE LOAN.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE APPLIED BACK IN 2016, WE HAVE MULTI-YEAR ALONE CLOSINGS, WHICH MEANS WE CLOSE EVERY YEAR ON THIS LOAN PORTIONS OF THE LOAN FOR WHAT WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO SPEND FOR THAT PARTICULAR YEAR.
THE REASONING BEHIND THAT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE INCUR THOSE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS, WE'RE ACTUALLY SPENDING DOWN THOSE DOLLARS, UH, AS WELL.
AND SO THE AUSTIN WATER, UH, SMART WATER METER SYSTEM WILL REPLACE MORE THAN 230,000 ANALOG WATER METERS WITH ELECTRONICALLY READ METERS CONNECTED TO A WIRELESS NETWORK OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
AND FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, YOU CAN VISIT MY ATX WATER.ORG.
UM, AND AGAIN, WE HAVE THE MULTI-YEAR FUNDING, UM, COMING UP ON FEBRUARY 1ST, WE DO HAVE TO SUBMIT OUR MULTI-YEAR LOAN COMMITMENT, UH, WHICH INDICATES TO THE BOARD WHAT WE PLAN ON CLOSING, UH, FOR CALENDAR YEAR FYI, 21 ON AMI.
AND SO THIS IS A DOLLAR FIGURE THAT WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE PROJECT MANAGER ON TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH THAT PROJECT MANAGER THINKS WE'RE GOING TO SPEND, UM, THROUGHOUT THE NEXT CALENDAR YEAR.
AND NEXT IS OUR AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW THE PILOT PROJECT IS UNDERWAY WITH PHASE ONE ENGINEERING SERVICES, BUT WE ARE LOOKING FOR POTENTIALLY, UM, SECURING A LOAN FOR FULL-SCALE PROJECT.
IT'S, UH, WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE WOULD SUBMIT A LOAN APPLICATION, UH, AROUND FEBRUARY 1ST, 2027.
AND IT'S VERY POSSIBLE THAT THIS WILL BE A SWIFT FLOWN SINCE THE ASR IS ON THE REGION.
AND, UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE TIMELINE FOR TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD LOAN APPLICATION.
IT'S ABOUT AN 18 TO 24 MONTH PROCESS.
SO IT TAKES ABOUT TWO YEARS FROM THE TIME THAT YOU APPLY WITH THE BOARD TO WHEN YOU CLOSE ON A LOAN AND THE REASONING BEHIND THAT IS JUST, UM, EVERYTHING THAT'S NEEDED FOR THAT LOAN.
UH, EVERY TIME WE DO A LOAN APPLICATION, IT'S ABOUT A THOUSAND PAGE APPLICATION THAT WE HAVE TO SUBMIT.
UH, SO IT'S, IT'S PRETTY LENGTHY.
A LOT OF DETAIL, A LOT GOES ON A LOT OF PREPARATION, UM, NOT ONLY WITH THE BOARD, BUT WITH, UH, OUTSIDE, UM, LEGAL, UH, OUR FINANCIAL.
SO WE'VE CREATED THIS TIMELINE.
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IF WE WERE TO APPLY FOR THE ASR, UH, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.WE WOULD DO A SWIFT APPLICATION THAT'S DUE ON FEBRUARY 1ST, UH, THEN TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD WOULD HAVE TO REVIEW.
UM, THEY WOULD HAVE THEIR BOARD, UH, EITHER APPROVE THAT APPLICATION.
UM, AND ONCE WE GET THEIR APPROVAL, THEY'LL LET US KNOW.
THEN WE'LL START WORKING ON LOAN, CLOSING, UH, FINANCING AGREEMENTS, ISSUING, UH, GOING TO COUNCIL IN ORDER TO, UH, GET THOSE FINANCING AGREEMENTS APPROVED.
THEN THE NEXT STEP FOR A BOND ORDINANCE, WORKING WITH TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD ATTORNEYS, OUR ATTORNEYS, UH, LEGAL REVIEW, AND THEN EXECUTING THE LOAN DOCUMENTS.
UM, SO IT IS A PRETTY LENGTHY PROCESS, UH, IN ORDER TO CLOSE ON YOUR FIRST LOAN.
SO THIS IS WHERE, UM, AS I MENTIONED FOR OUR FIRST APPLICATION WAS, UM, AMI, AND THAT WAS BACK IN 2016.
SO WE'RE STILL CLOSING ON THAT.
AND WE ANTICIPATE IN OTHER, UM, THREE CLOSINGS, I BELIEVE.
SO ABOUT THREE MORE YEARS WORTH OF CLOSINGS FOR YOU.
SO THIS IS TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD LOAN PROGRESS BY PROJECTS AS OF NOVEMBER 30TH, 2020, THAT'S THE LATEST DATA THAT WE HAVE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE, UH, WITH THIS, UH, BAR GRAPH, UH, THERE'S DIFFERENT PROJECTS OUT THERE.
UM, AND THEY'RE BASED ON BY LOAN.
SO WE HAVE THE SWIFT AMI LOAN, UH, NEXT IS OUR SWIFT BRIEFS LOAN.
UH, THEN NEXT IS OUR 2019 DRINKING WATER SRF LOAN, AND THEN OUR 2019 CLAIM WATER SRF LOAN.
SO CURRENTLY, UH, AS I MENTIONED THIS FEBRUARY, WE'LL BE, UH, ENTERING OUR MULTI-YEAR FUNDING COMMITMENT TO THE BOARD FOR AMI.
AND ALSO WE WILL BE CLOSING ON A PORTION OF OUR DRINKING WATER AND CLEAN WATER LOANS, UH, AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, ACTUALLY.
SO, UH, FOR THOSE WE'RE ABLE TO CLOSE AT THE SAME TIME, UH, FOR THOSE TWO LOANS, BUT WE JUST CLOSED ON THE AMI ONE THIS PAST NOVEMBER, AND WE'LL DO THAT EACH NOVEMBER, UM, UNTIL WE'RE COMPLETE WITH ALL THE MULTI-YEAR LOAN CLOSINGS ON AMI.
SO, UH, THE TOTAL COMMITMENT, UH, TODAY THAT AUSTIN WATER HAS SECURED THROUGH TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD LOAN FUNDING IS $266.6 MILLION.
UH, OUR EXPENDITURES TODAY ARE $70 MILLION AND THE BOARD HAS RELEASED A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS TODAY.
SO WE STILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CLOSINGS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE, UM, WITHIN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS THROUGHOUT ALL THESE LOANS.
SO A SUMMARY IS AUSTIN WATER CURRENTLY HAS INTERNAL TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD LOAN COMMITTEE.
WE ACTUALLY MEET MONTHLY, UM, TO DISCUSS THE LOANS AND HOW WE'RE MANAGING THEM AS WELL AS ANY FUTURE PROJECTS AND LOANS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO SECURE WITH THE BOARD.
WE ARE ALSO IN A COMMUNICATION WITH THE BOARD, UH, BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING FUNDED THROUGH THE BOARD.
OUR CURRENT PLAN IS TO PURSUE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD LOAN TO FUND THE FULL-SCALE ASR PROJECTS.
SO THAT IS STILL, UH, ON OUR, UH, LISTING FOR FUTURE FUNDING.
AUSTIN WATER WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS ON FINANCING STRATEGIES THAT WILL ALSO PROVIDE THE MOST SAVINGS FOR THE UTILITY AND OUR RATE PAYERS.
SO SOMETIMES IT'S NOT ALSO JUST ABOUT TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD LOANS, BUT WHAT OTHER FUNDING IS OUT THERE AND WE'LL HAVE OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS DO AN ANALYSIS FOR US AS WELL.
AND NOW IT'S OPEN FOR QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, CHRISTINA.
UM, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE BACKGROUND NOISE.
UM, IT COULD BE WORSE, BUT, UM, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? THAT WAS REALLY, UM, GREAT, SUPER ORGANIZED.
SKIP TO SEE THE ALL ONE PLACE ABLE OF COURSE, BILL, GO AHEAD.
WHAT SONG IS YOUR SON PLAYING? I REALLY LIKED, I'LL SEND YOU A RECORDING.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT HE'S DOING.
IT'S SURELY IT'S GOT A GREAT BEAT.
UM, WHY AREN'T YOU GETTING THE SWIFT MONEY TO PAY THE ENGINEERING FOR THE ASR? I MEAN, THAT'S A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY.
UH, I, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE HOLDING BACK UNTIL YOU GET INTO MORE OVER THE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME, THERE'S NO REASON TO THAT BE PAYING THESE ENGINEERING PEOPLE, UH, WITH THE, WITH THIS CHEAPER STATE MONEY.
UM, A LOT OF THE FUNDING TOO, UH, YOU HAVE TO SHOW THE BOARD THAT IS GOING TO BE A CAPITAL ASSET.
SO THE PILOT RIGHT NOW, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ENGINEERING, UM, WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS, IS THAT REALLY GOING TO BE A CAPITAL ASSET THAT WE'RE GOING TO ADD TO OUR BOOKS?
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UM, SO THAT'S THE OTHER PART OF IT? YOU'RE, YOU'RE SAYING THEY WOULDN'T PAY FOR AN ENGINEERING STUDY WITH SWIFT MONEY? NO, THEY WILL PAY FOR AN ENGINEERING STUDY IF THAT'S A STANDALONE BY ITSELF, BUT IF WE'RE BUILDING A CAPITAL ASSET, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE DOLLARS THAT WE'RE SPENDING, UH, CAN THEN BE CAPITALIZED AND PUT ON OUR BALANCE SHEET AND BECOME AN ASSET BECAUSE WE'RE PAYING THE DEBT FOR IT.SO THAT'S THE OTHER THING IS IT'S A LOAN, BUT IT'S ALSO DEBT.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE'RE PAYING DEBT, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE CAPITALIZED.
THAT'S SURE I'M FOLLOWING THAT, BUT I, AND I'M NOT GOING TO ARGUE WITH YOU, OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE THE FINANCIAL OFFICER AND I'M JUST A VOLUNTEER.
UM, IT SEEMS TO ME, AND AGAIN, I'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION WITH UTILITY MANY TIMES ABOUT TEXAS WATER REALM BOARD, UH, AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE COME A LONG WAY FROM THAT USING THEIR FUNDS AT ALL TO NOW THEY'RE USING THEM A BIT.
UH, BUT I GUESS MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO USE THEM NOW FOR THE ASR WORK.
I MEAN, YOU'RE SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THE ENGINEERING WORK.
WHY NOT GET A 50% DISCOUNT ON IT? IT'S A SUBSTANTIAL, I THINK IF THE DISTINCTION, UM, CHRISTINA IS THE DISTINCTION THAT YOU SAID, THIS IS A PILOT PROJECT.
SO THEREFORE IT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BECOME ASSET BECAUSE YOU, THE CITY MIGHT DECIDE THAT IT DOESN'T WORK OUT.
SO A GOOD IDEA IS THAT THE ISSUE WITH THE WORK, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT, UM, FOR IT TO BE AN ASSET.
SO, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS INTERNALLY BEFORE, UH, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO A PILOT PROJECT, UM, HOW LONG WILL THAT BE ON, UH, IF IT DOES BECOME THE LAST SET, WILL IT STILL BE IN USE OR, OR WILL IT NOT BEING USED AFTER THE PILOT IS COMPLETE? I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF UNKNOWNS RIGHT NOW, UH, WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THAT PREVIOUSLY.
UM, BUT ALSO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALONE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 20 TO 30 YEAR DEBT ON THE BOOKS.
AND IF IT'S NOT AN ASSET YOU'RE STILL PAYING FOR THAT DEBT.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE STILL PAYING INTEREST AND WE DO HAVE, UH, CASH FINANCING TO OUR CIP.
AND SO IF THERE IS SOME KIND OF JUST A, A STUDY OR A PILOT OR SOMETHING, THAT'S NOT GOING TO RESULT IN A CAPITAL ASSET, WE DO APPLY CASH, UH, TO THE, THE PORTION OF OUR CIP PLAN.
THAT WILL NOT BE AN ASSET BECAUSE OF GETTING INTO DEBT.
AND YOU'RE HAVING TO PAY DEBT OVER A 20 TO 30 YEAR LIFE.
YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOUR ASSETS GOING TO LAST YOU LONGER THAN THAT.
I GUESS, CHRISTINA, IF YOU'RE TELLING ME YOU HAVE THE CASH LAYING AROUND, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH YOU PAYING FOR IT WITH CASH.
BUT I WOULD SAY IF YOU'RE FINANCING IT WITH REVENUE, BONDS TO PAY FOR THIS, THE STATE MONEY IS CHEAPER.
I WON'T, UH, I WON'T BOTHER YOU.
I WOULD, I WOULD POINT OUT A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT I BELIEVE THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT GORE WITH SRS MONEY, WHICH YOU MENTIONED DWS RF ARE GOING TO BEGIN LIMITING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU CAN TAKE DOWN ON A PROJECT.
AND I THINK THE REASON FOR THAT IS SOME LARGE UTILITIES, PARTICULARLY IN THE DALLAS AREA HAVE COME IN FOR MULTI HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF SRF MONEY AND BASICALLY VACUUM THE ACCOUNTS.
AND I WANT TO SAY, THEY'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT PER PROJECT TO 44 MILLION.
NOW, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF VERY INTELLIGENT AND CREATIVE PEOPLE AT THE AUSTIN WATER DEPARTMENT.
AND I THINK THERE'S WAYS TO BREAK THESE JOBS UP.
SO YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF CALLING IT ONE BIG JOB, IT CAN BE FOR MEDIUM-SIZED JOBS AND YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE STATE FUNDING, ET CETERA.
I'D ALSO POINT OUT THAT THE DAYS OF EXTREMELY LOW RATES ON THE SRF MONEY ARE ALSO COMING TO AN END.
THE WATERVILLE BOARD, I BELIEVE IS GOING TO CHANGE THE WAY THEY CALCULATE INTEREST, BECAUSE I THINK THEY'VE BEEN, THEY FELT LIKE THEY, THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO, UH, HAVE THE, UH, REVOLVING ACCOUNTS AS SUSTAINABLE.
SO ALL OF THAT ZERO INTEREST MONEY THAT'S BEEN AROUND THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I THINK IS GOING TO DRY UP.
NOT, NOT THAT IT WILL GET SUPER EXPENSIVE, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN THE BUSINESS GETTING SOMETHING BACK, BUT IT'S STILL BE A GOOD DEAL.
AND, UH, BUT ANYWAYS, I'M GLAD YOU'RE ON TOP OF ALL OF THIS AND I WISH YOU WELL.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR PRESENTATION.
UM, AND, UH, YES, WE ARE MONITORING, UM, ANY UPDATES FROM THE BOARD WE'RE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH THEM AND ANY CHANGES THAT THEY'RE MAKING TO, UH, THEN DETERMINE, UM, HOW, UH, THAT WILL IMPACT AUSTIN WATER AND OUR ABILITIES, UM, TO REACH OUT TO THE BOARD FOR ADDITIONAL LOAN FUNDING FOR FUTURE LOANS AS WELL.
UM, SO CURRENTLY THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD APPROVED AND THE COMMITMENTS WE HAVE, THEY'RE STILL IN PLACE.
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ASSURED US THAT.UM, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THAT.
UM, BUT WE, WE DO, UH, LOOK AT THE BOARD AND LOOK AT ANY CHANGES THAT THEY'RE MAKING TO THEIR STRUCTURES FOR THEIR LOANS.
UM, AND THEN THAT TELLS US EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND HOW WE NEED TO WORK AS WELL.
UM, WE DON'T FORESEE, UM, STOPPING ANY KIND OF, UH, LOANS, UH, WITH THE BOARD, EVEN IF THEY DO DOWNSIZE, UM, THEIR BORROWING CAPACITY.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT AND CONTINUE TO EVALUATE, UM, AND STRATEGIZE OUR PROJECTS ON.
UH, SO AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THESE PROJECTS, WE ALSO LOOK TO SEE, UM, WHAT ARE THE BIG PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE THAT WILL LIKELY BE APPROVED FROM THE BOARD, UM, THAT WE REALLY WANT TO FUND BECAUSE THEY ARE HIGH DOLLAR PROJECTS, JUST LIKE ASR, JUST LIKE AMI.
UM, AND, AND WHAT ARE THE PIECES THAT ARE THE LARGEST THAT WE THINK ARE THEY GOING TO FUND? IS IT, IS IT THE ENTIRE PROJECT OR IS IT JUST THE CONSTRUCTION ONLY? UM, AND JUST MAKING SURE WE CAN MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF ANY STATE OR FEDERAL REGULATIONS REGARDING ANY OF THESE LOANS.
UM, BUT AGAIN, WE DO LOOK AT OUR CAPACITY AS WELL, INTERNALLY OF HOW MUCH WE'RE FUNDING OUR CIP WITH CASH.
UH, USUALLY, UH, CURRENTLY IT'S BETWEEN 35 TO ABOUT 45% THAT WE'RE ABLE TO FUND OUR CIP WITH CASH FUNDING FROM, FROM OPERATING, UM, WHICH IS, WHICH IS IN LINE WITH OUR TARGETS, UH, OUR FINANCIAL TARGETS.
AND THEN ANYTHING THAT'S NOT GOING TO BECOME A CAPITAL ASSET.
UH, THAT'S WHEN WE EVALUATE INTERNALLY IN OUR CIP PLAN TO DETERMINE WHAT IS GOING TO BE CASH FUNDED, WHAT'S GOING TO BE DEBT FUNDED AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE POTENTIALLY TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT, BOARD LOAN FUNDED.
SO, UH, WE'VE EXPANDED THAT PORTFOLIO TO DETERMINE THAT OVER THE NEXT FIVE TO 10 STINA AND BILL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I HATE TO CUT YOU SHORT HERE, BUT WE HAVE A VOTING ITEM.
WE HAVE TO DO THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES.
I KNOW IT'S HARD STOP, BUT THAT WAS SUPER INFORMATIVE.
AND, UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE TAKING TIME TO COME TALK TO US ABOUT YOUR PROCESS AND WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE INPUT, UM, BILL, WE APPRECIATE IT.
[3.a. Discuss and consider approval of 2021 Task Force meeting times]
ON TO, UM, LET MERISSA TALK ABOUT MEETINGS SCHEDULE, UM, NOT SCHEDULE NECESSARILY WE HAVE THAT SET, BUT THE TIMING OF THE MEETINGS, UM, WITH THE, THE WHOLE WORK AT HOME SITUATION HAVE LAUNCHED INTO THAT REAL QUICK.AND WE WANT TO TRY TO VOTE ON THIS BEFORE FIVE.
SO, UM, IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO THIS ITEM IS JUST TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF CHANGING OUR 2021 TASK FORCE MEETING TIMES.
OUR MEETINGS ARE CURRENTLY SCHEDULED TO BEGIN AT 4:00 PM.
UM, THE MEETING DATES THAT HAVE BEEN ALREADY APPROVED BY THE TASK FORCE, WE'D LIKE TO CONSIDER POSSIBLY CHANGING THAT MEETING.
AND THE APPROVED 2021 MEETING DATES WOULD REMAIN THE SAME.
UM, WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS WITH, UM, UH, SEVERAL FOLKS WHO FEEL LIKE THAT.
UM, 1:00 PM START TIME WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONVENIENT.
AND ALSO IT APPEARS THAT THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS BOOKS ARE SCHEDULING THE MEETINGS IN THESE BLOCKS.
SO FOR TODAY, FOR EXAMPLE, WE GOT A BLOCK FROM 1:00 PM TO 5:00 PM.
UM, AND TO ALLOW US GREATER TIME TO HOLD THESE MEETINGS, NOT SAYING WE WANT TO HOLD THESE FOR, YOU KNOW, FOUR HOURS, BUT STILL TO ALLOW US A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO HOLD THESE MEETINGS AND ALSO TO MEET, UH, FOLKS AVAILABILITY.
WE'D LIKE TO LOOK AT STARTING AT 1:00 PM TO, UM, UH, Y'ALL CAN GO AHEAD AND HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THAT.
AND THEN ONE PERSON WILL NEED TO MAKE A MOTION, UM, THAT WE CAN THEN ENTERTAIN THE TASKFORCE CAN THEN ENTERTAIN IT AND THEN VOTE ON.
GREAT, IN SOME WAYS, ARE YOU SAYING THAT THE MEETING WILL BE FROM ONE TO THREE VERSUS FOUR TO SIX? AND A, MY UNDERSTANDING IS TOO, WE CAN'T EVEN HAVE MEETINGS AFTER FIVE ANYMORE BECAUSE OF THE ONLINE NATURE.
SO THE BLOCK WOULD BE THE BLOCK THAT WE WOULD BE ASSIGNED FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FOR THIS ROOM, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD BE FROM ONE TO FIVE.
SO IF WE SCHEDULE OUR MEETINGS AT ONE, WE'D HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO HAVE THE MEETING ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL 5:00 PM.
UM, AND WOULD THIS BE, UM, STILL APPLICABLE IF WE'RE MOVING INTO IN-PERSON MEETINGS AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE? OR IS THIS JUST, I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY, UM, WHEN WE'RE KIND OF, MOST OF US ARE WORKING FROM HOME STILL THIS, IF WE DECIDE TO CHANGE THE MEETING TIME FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR, IT WOULD BE APPLICABLE IF WE'RE HAVING IN-PERSON MEETINGS AT SOME POINT.
I MEAN, I, I LIKE THE EARLIER MEETINGS, BUT THEN AT THE SAME TIME, I WORRY THAT THERE COULD BE MORE CONFLICTS WITH WORK THAT MIGHT BE HARDER TO
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IGNORE, BUT I MEAN, I WOULD DO MY BEST, OBVIOUSLY IF WE HAVE THEM ON THE CALENDAR, I THINK IF I CAN ADD, I THINK, AND CONSIDERATION IS ALSO, I MEAN, WE HAD A WHOLE DISCUSSION EARLIER ABOUT COMMUNITY INPUT, AND I KNOW THAT WAS RELATED SPECIFICALLY TO AN ADVISORY GROUP THAT WOULD HAVE DIFFERENT TIMES, BUT, UM, I'M NOT SURE WHO IS NORMALLY GIVING FEEDBACK TO THIS TASK FORCE, BUT YOU WOULD, YOU KNOW, BE SIGNIFICANTLY LIMITING THAT ABILITY TO PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT, UM, REQUIRED TO BE AT WORK DURING BUSINESS HOURS.UM, AND I WOULD SAY FOR MY OWN SELF, I MEAN, I'M HERE AS A VOLUNTEER AND IT DOESN'T REALLY FIT INTO MY, I KNOW A LOT OF YOU ARE VOLUNTEERS, BUT IT ALSO KIND OF MAYBE FITS INTO YOUR PROFESSIONAL SCOPE.
SO FOR ME, IT WOULD BE, UM, UH, A MUCH GREATER BURDEN TO BLOCK OUT AN ACTUAL BOWL AFTER WORK AFTERNOON TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND THAT.
BUT SO WE HAVE TO END OUR MEETINGS BY FIVE BECAUSE OF THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE NOW, WE DON'T HAVE THE LATITUDE OF GOING TILL THE EVENING, LIKE WE DID BEFORE WE USED TO START AT FIVE 30 OR SIX ACTUALLY.
UM, DO FOLKS WANT TO, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN SOLVE THIS BEFORE FIVE AND MAYBE WE CAN JUST PUNCH IT TO THE NEXT MEETING IF FOLKS WANT TO CHOOSE THE LATER IN THIS AND THE BLOCK, WE'RE BASICALLY AT TIME, BUT I WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME CLARIFICATION.
IF WE START WITHIN THIS BLOCK, IF WE CONTINUE WITH THE 4:00 PM START TIME, WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS SLOTTED FROM ONE TO FIVE.
I DO THINK THAT THERE IS THE AVAILABILITY FOR US TO GET SLOTTED FOR AN EVENING TIME SLOT.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THOSE TIME SLOTS WOULD BE IF WE WOULD GET STARTED AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE LIKE A SLOT FROM FIVE TO 10 OR A LATER TIMEFRAME.
UM, BUT IF WE CONTINUE WITH THE 4:00 PM START TIME, WELL, WE'LL HAVE THE ENDING POINT AT 5:00 PM AND WE'RE AT FIVE.
AND I'M LOOKING TO SEE, I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A MEETING COMING IN AFTER THIS.
UM, IS THERE A MEETING COMING IN AFTER THIS AT FIVE 30? OKAY.
SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MINUTES, BUT WE DO WANT TO GIVE THESE FOLKS ENOUGH TIME TO SET UP.
SO MARISSA, I'M CONFUSED ON WHAT THE QUESTION IS.
IS IT, DO WE ACCEPT THE ONE TO FIVE TIME SLOT? AND YOU'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE START AT ONE BECAUSE WE'VE ACCEPTED A ONE TO FIVE TIMES LIKE THIS TIME, BUT WE STARTED AT THREE.
UM, IS THAT THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR? AND I KNOW PART OF THAT WAS CHARLENE'S AVAILABILITY SPECIFICALLY.
SO THIS MOTION WOULD BE TO CHANGE OUR START TIME AS POSTED FROM 4:00 PM UNTIL TWO, 1:00 PM.
AND THE REASON FOR CHANGING THAT WOULD BE BECAUSE IF WE HAVE A 4:00 PM START TIME, OUR SLOT, I BELIEVE WILL END AT 5:00 PM.
SO WE WOULD ONLY HAVE ONE HOUR TO HOLD THE MEETING.
IF WE CHANGE IT TO AN EARLIER START TIME, THEN WE WOULD HAVE MORE TIME IN WHICH TO HOLD THESE TASKFORCE MEETINGS.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE WOULD THEN HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO DECIDE THAT WE COULD PULL THE MEETING FROM THREE, WELL, FROM THREE TO FIVE, IS IT ONE TO FOUR OR ONE TO FIVE? I'M SORRY, IS THE SLOT, THE SLOT IS ONE TO FIVE.
IF YOU HAD TO CHANGE IT FROM 4:00 PM TO 3:00 PM, CAN WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, THE, UH, ITEM UP FOR DISCUSSION WITH, TO CHANGE IT TO 1:00 PM.
IT SOUNDS LIKE 1:00 PM MAY BE A PROBLEM FOR FOLKS.
IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING AROUND THE ROOM, A BARRIER TO INVOLVEMENT AND ALSO, UM, INFRINGING UPON PEOPLE'S WORKDAY AND KIND OF A BIGGER WAY FOR FOLKS THAT THIS ISN'T THEIR JOB OR ISN'T PART OF THEIR JOB IS NOT ANY OF OUR JOBS EXCEPT FOR PEOPLE AT AUSTIN WATER.
BUT SO WHAT YOU'RE BASICALLY SAYING THAT FROM ONE TO FIVE, WE CAN DO IT FROM THREE TO FIVE.
IS THAT CORRECT? WE CAN ALSO, YES, YES.
THAT MIGHT BE SELFISH, BUT I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DO IT FROM THREE TO FIVE.
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AND THIS IS NOT A MOVABLE AND ATTRACTABLE, IF WE NEED TO REASSESS, WE CAN, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS TIME, DO WE HAVE A VOTE? I CAN'T SEE EVERYBODY, BUT, UM, SO WE HAVE A MOTION.DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS? AND CAN WE MAKE IT, THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S POSTED MERISSA OR CAN WE DO IT THIS WAY? IT'S JUST DISCUSSING OUR APPROVAL OF MEETING TIMES.
SOMEBODY JUST HAS TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT WOULD THEN BE CONSIDERED.
SO, SO PERRY MADE THE MOTION THAT WE SET THREE TO FIVE AS OUR MEETING TIME AND, UH, HANI SECONDED THAT, UM, IS PEOPLE THAT ARE IN FAVOR.
DID I GET THAT BASICALLY, CORRECT.
I'M TRYING TO SCROLL THROUGH HERE WITH EVERYBODY.
LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO ENDEAVOR TO CONSIDERING THAT WE HAVE OSCARS TRYING TO JUGGLE A BILLION COMMITTEES AND ONLINE PLATFORMS, BUT WE'LL ENDEAVOR TO HAVE OUR MEETINGS FROM THREE TO FIVE ON THE ALREADY AGREED UPON DATES.
UM, IS THAT IT? MERISSA, THAT'S IT?
[4. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
DO YOU HAVE THAT ANYBODY HAVE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? I HAVE ONE, YES.BILL AND COPPER RULE AND THE PROGRESS ON THE PROJECT.
HOW FABRICE? ALL OF WHAT PROJECT LED.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAD THE, UM, SPECIFICS ON THE, UM, ON-SITE REUSE INCENTIVE PROGRAMS. IF WE HAVE TIME AT THE NEXT AGENDA OR DO IT IN THE ORDINANCE.
I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? NOT ALL AT ONCE.
HEY RICHARD FOLKS, EVERYBODY GO TAKE A WALK.